housing vs flat

flat vs housing

housing and flat both are nouns.

housing is not an adjective while flat is an adjective.

housing is not an adverb while flat is an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
housing	Yes	No	No	No
flat	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

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

housing: structures collectively in which people are housed
flat: a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Other hyponyms of housing include apartment, billet, block, camp, condominium, abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, 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)	flat (noun)
structures collectively in which people are housed	a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component	scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse	a deflated pneumatic tire
	freight car without permanent sides or roof
	a shallow box in which seedlings are started
	a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
	a level tract of land

housing (adjective)	flat (adjective)
	(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
	lacking contrast or shading between tones
	not reflecting light; not glossy
	having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
	horizontally level
	commercially inactive
	lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
	having lost effervescence
	having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
	lacking taste or flavor or tang
	flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
	stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
	not modified or restricted by reservations
	lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

housing (adverb)	flat (adverb)
	in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
	with flat sails

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