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 #2 (permalink) Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:24 am what's the difference between home and house? |
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A home is a house that people live in. It doesn't even have to be a house. Some people and animals make caves their home, or the forest.
A house is a building for people to live in, but it can be empty or occupied.
There is a proverb that says, "It takes a heap of living to make a house a home." It means that people have to spend a lot of time living in a house before it becomes a real home.
The real estate business sometimes confuses things by using the word "home" for any house at all. They do this because they think it sounds warmer and nicer, but in correct English you can't call a half-built house a home, because nobody lives there yet. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Dec 23, 2008 13:01 pm what's the difference between home and house? |
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And does the usage home loan sound correct to you Jamie?
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Dec 23, 2008 13:24 pm what's the difference between home and house? |
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| Yes, they say all the time, but it really just means a loan for a house. That's just the real estate and banking industry using a "warmer", "friendlier" word for house. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:00 am what's the difference between home and house? |
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| Well, in most general sense, house is a building, and home is what you feel like in that building when there live your beloved family, it's full of joy and cosy :D |
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