different between indwell vs inhabit

English

Etymology

From in- +? dwell.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?dw?l/

Verb

indwell (third-person singular simple present indwells, present participle indwelling, simple past and past participle indwelled or indwelt)

1. To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
   • 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity^[1]:

     The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 224:

     Diodore and Theodore were particularly galvanized to defend their point of view by their horror at Apollinaris's assertion that Christ was indwelled by the Logos, which replaced a human mind in him.

Derived terms

• indwelling

Anagrams

• Dwinell, Willden

English

Alternative forms

• enhabit (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?hæb?t/
• Hyphenation: in?hab?it
• Rhymes: -æb?t

Verb

inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)

1. (transitive) To live or reside in.
   • 1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer

     O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

2. (transitive) To be present in; to occupy.

Synonyms

• (to live or reside in some place): bedwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
• (to be present in some place): occupy

Derived terms

• inhabitable

Related terms

• inhabitant

Translations