housing vs dwelling house

dwelling house vs housing

housing and dwelling house both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
housing	Yes	No	No	No
dwelling house	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dwelling house is a hyponym of housing; that is, dwelling house is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than housing:

housing: structures collectively in which people are housed
dwelling house: housing that someone is living in

Other hyponyms of housing include apartment, flat, billet, block, camp, condominium, abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, hospice, hostel, student lodging, youth hostel, living quarters, quarters, manufactured home, mobile home, pied-a-terre, quartering, rattrap, shelter, tract housing.

housing (noun)	dwelling house (noun)
structures collectively in which people are housed	housing that someone is living in
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

Difference between housing and dwelling house

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