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shack up vs populate

populate vs shack up

shack up and populate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shack up No No Yes No
populate No No Yes No
As verbs, populate is a hypernym of shack up; that is, populate is a word with a broader meaning than shack up:
  • shack up: share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
  • populate: be an inhabitant of or reside in
Other hypernyms of shack up include dwell, inhabit, live.
shack up (verb) populate (verb)
share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple fill with inhabitants
be an inhabitant of or reside in
Difference between shack up and populate

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