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legal residence vs residence

residence vs legal residence

legal residence and residence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
legal residence Yes No No No
residence Yes No No No
As nouns, residence is a hypernym of legal residence; that is, residence is a word with a broader meaning than legal residence:
  • legal residence: (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time
  • residence: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
Other hypernyms of legal residence include abode.
legal residence (noun) residence (noun)
(law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time the act of dwelling in a place
the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
a large and imposing house
any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
Difference between legal residence and residence

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