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Resident vs Inhabitant



 
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Resident vs Inhabitant #1 (permalink) Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:16 pm   Resident vs Inhabitant
 

Hi,
is there a difference between these two words?

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dror.
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Resident vs Inhabitant #2 (permalink) Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:30 pm   Resident vs Inhabitant
 

Hi droren,
A resident is a person who lives somewhere on a long-term basis. 2.person who lives in a particular place or who has their own home there.
A resident of Syria

An inhabitant-a person or animal that lives in or occupies a place.

As for me when speaking about population of any country I use the word inhabitant though resident is also possible, but I think that inhabitant may live anywhere but not always have the house of his own. That are my ideas :D Maybe I'm wrong
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Resident vs Inhabitant #3 (permalink) Fri Aug 04, 2006 20:31 pm   Resident vs Inhabitant
 

Hi dror

As Pamela pointed out, the words are similar. But I associate a feeling of house, home, hometown, etc. much more with the word resident. So, "resident" feels more personal than "inhabitant" to me. :D

Also, I'd say that the word inhabitant would be used much more often in the plural form than in the singular form.

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Resident vs Inhabitant #4 (permalink) Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:31 am   Resident vs Inhabitant
 

thank you!
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