housing vs quartering

quartering vs housing

housing and quartering both are nouns.

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

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

housing: structures collectively in which people are housed
quartering: living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)

Other hyponyms of housing include apartment, flat, 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, rattrap, shelter, tract housing.

housing (noun)	quartering (noun)
structures collectively in which people are housed	dividing into four equal parts
a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component	living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse	a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages

Difference between housing and quartering

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