homestead vs habitation

homestead and habitation both are nouns.

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

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

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

homestead (noun)	habitation (noun)
dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land	the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family	housing that someone is living in
land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law	the native habitat or home of an animal or plant

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