Difference between House and Home?

[Jesus1]

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!

Jes?s

[Yankee]

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.

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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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Jesus1]

[Jesus1]

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

[Yankee]

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.

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Jesus1]

Thanks, Amy!.

You make English clearer for me!

Thanks indeed!