homestead vs dwelling

homestead and dwelling both are nouns.

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

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

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

homestead (noun)	dwelling (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
land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law

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