pithouse vs habitation

habitation vs pithouse

pithouse and habitation both are nouns.

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

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

pithouse: a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
habitation: housing that someone is living in

Other hypernyms of pithouse include abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, home, shelter.

pithouse (noun)	habitation (noun)
a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.	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

Difference between pithouse and habitation

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