lair vs habitation

lair and habitation both are nouns.

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

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

lair (noun)	habitation (noun)
the habitation of wild animals	the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
	housing that someone is living in
	the native habitat or home of an animal or plant