different between inhabit vs sojourn

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurn?re, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?d???n/, /?s?d??n/, /?s??d???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?so?d??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Noun

sojourn (plural sojourns)

1. A short stay somewhere.
   • 2006, Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)

     The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues […]

2. A temporary residence.

Synonyms

• abode

Translations

Verb

sojourn (third-person singular simple present sojourns, present participle sojourning, simple past and past participle sojourned)

1. (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.

   • Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.

   • 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI

     The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, […] and here sojourned three days.

Synonyms

• stay over, stop; See also Thesaurus:sojourn

Translations

Related terms

• sojourner
• sojourney

References

Anagrams

• journos