Difference between Dwell and Live

What is the difference between Dwell and Live?

Dwell as a verb is to live; to reside. while Live as a verb is to be alive; to have life.

Dwell

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To live; to reside.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed. A planned delay in a timed control program. In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).

Example sentence: I believe in God, who made of one blood all nations that on earth do dwell. I believe that all men, black and brown and white, are brothers, varying through time and opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in soul and the possibility of infinite development.

Live

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be alive; to have life.To have permanent residence somewhere.To survive, to persevere, to continue.To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having life; that is alive. Used attributively.Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.Of a performance or speech, in person.Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.Of making a performance or speech, in person.

Example sentence: To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

We hope you now know whether to use Dwell or Live in your sentence.

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