homestead vs abode

homestead and abode both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
homestead	Yes	No	Yes	No
abode	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abode is a hypernym of homestead; that is, abode is a word with a broader meaning than homestead:

Other hypernyms of homestead include domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home.

homestead (noun)	abode (noun)
dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land	housing that someone is living in
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family	any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

homestead (verb)	abode (verb)
settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead