inhabitant vs resident

resident vs inhabitant

inhabitant and resident both are nouns.

inhabitant is not an adjective while resident is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inhabitant	Yes	No	No	No
resident	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

inhabitant: a person who inhabits a particular place
resident: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

Other hyponyms of inhabitant include Asian, Asiatic, European, Aussie, Australian, Austronesian, Kiwi, New Zealander, American, American, Alsatian, borderer, cottage dweller, cottager, easterner, Galilaean, Galilean, Hittite, island-dweller, islander, landlubber, landman, landsman, Latin, liver, marcher, Nazarene, Northerner, Numidian, Occidental, Philistine, Phrygian, plainsman, occupant, occupier, earthling, earthman, tellurian, worldling, Trinidadian, villager, westerner.

inhabitant (noun)	resident (noun)
a person who inhabits a particular place	someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
	a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

inhabitant (adjective)	resident (adjective)
	living in a particular place
	used of animals that do not migrate

Difference between inhabitant and resident

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