resident vs denizen

denizen vs resident

resident and denizen both are nouns.

resident is an adjective but denizen is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, denizen is a hypernym of resident; that is, denizen is a word with a broader meaning than resident:

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

Other hypernyms of resident include dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant.

resident (noun)	denizen (noun)
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there	a plant or animal naturalized in a region
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	a person who inhabits a particular place

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

Difference between resident and denizen

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