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Difference between House and Home?



 
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Difference between House and Home? #1 (permalink) Sat May 27, 2006 10:15 am   Difference between House and Home?
 

Hello, how are you?

I love Saturdays, and you?

Thanks in advance!

My questions:

1.- Could you tell me the difference between
House and Home?. Sometimes I don?t know
which one to use.

For instance:

"My HOUSE/HOME is full of mice"

Can I use both terms in this sentece?

Give some example in which you can only use
house or home, please.

2.- Have LOST SOUL and ANIMA got the same meaning?

3.- "A shot ON/IN her head"
I hesitate about which preposition I
must use. I think is IN, but I am not sure.
Help me, please.

Thanks a million!

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Difference between House and Home? #2 (permalink) Sat May 27, 2006 18:00 pm   Difference between House and Home?
 

Hi Jesus

1. You can say either house or home. I'd probably choose house, however.

2. The word anima would probably mainly be used by psychologists. (And I'm not a psychologist.)
The word soul would be the word used by "normal" people like us. :lol:

3. If you're talking about a "bullet from a gun" when you write "a shot", then I would say:
He died from a shot to the head. (noun)
-- OR --
He was shot in the head. (passive verb)

Or do you mean some other kind of shot?

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Difference between House and Home? #3 (permalink) Sat May 27, 2006 18:15 pm   Difference between House and Home?
 

Thanks a lot! I appreciate it.

I still have one doubt.

Soul is more commonly used, but
If I add that adjective "lost", it means
a soul that lives in the purgatory, doesn?t it



Have a wonderful Saturday night!

Jes?s

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Hi Jesus

1. You can say either house or home. I'd probably choose house, however.

2. The word anima would probably mainly be used by psychologists. (And I'm not a psychologist.)
The word soul would be the word used by "normal" people like us. :lol:

3. If you're talking about a "bullet from a gun" when you write "a shot", then I would say:
He died from a shot to the head. (noun)
-- OR --
He was shot in the head. (passive verb)

Or do you mean some other kind of shot?

Amy
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Difference between House and Home? #4 (permalink) Sat May 27, 2006 18:39 pm   Difference between House and Home?
 

Hi Jesus

A lost soul is someone who is severely "damaged" or ruined, i.e., that person can no longer be helped. It could be morally, physically, or maybe even emotionally. A "lost soul" hasn't necessarily died and "gone to live with the devil" in pergatory, a lost soul could also be a person who finds himself in a living hell.

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Difference between House and Home? #5 (permalink) Sat May 27, 2006 18:42 pm   Difference between House and Home?
 

Thanks, Amy!.

You make English clearer for me!

Thanks indeed!
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Word : house and home #6 (permalink) Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:35 am   Word : house and home
 

Hello everybody,

What's the differences between “house” and “home”?

Thanks.
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Word : house and home #7 (permalink) Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:47 am   Word : house and home
 

Good morning again Rosario.

A house is a dwelling of many sorts.

A home is where you live.

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Word : house and home #8 (permalink) Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:00 am   Word : house and home
 

Hi dear,

*Home refers to a dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household, however; *house refers to a structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family.
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Word : house and home #9 (permalink) Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:38 am   Word : house and home
 

Hi,

It's useful to note that 'house' is essentially the structure/the building. 'Home' on the other hand is a concept/an image of the place where you live.

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Difference between House and Home? #10 (permalink) Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:17 am   Difference between House and Home?
 

Thank you so much for Kitosdad, Moslemam and Alan.

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Word : house and home #11 (permalink) Fri Aug 06, 2010 0:46 am   Word : house and home
 

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Difference between House and Home? #12 (permalink) Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:24 pm   Difference between House and Home?
 

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