resident vs indweller

indweller vs resident

resident and indweller both are nouns.

resident is an adjective but indweller is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, indweller is a hypernym of resident; that is, indweller 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
indweller: a person who inhabits a particular place

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

resident (noun)	indweller (noun)
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there	a person who inhabits a particular place
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	activation by an inner spirit or force or principle

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

Difference between resident and indweller

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