Difference between Place and Property

What is the difference between Place and Property?

Place as a noun is a location or position. while Property as a noun is something that is owned.

Place

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A location or position. An open space, courtyard, market square. A group of houses. A region of a land. Somewhere for a person to sit. A frame of mind. A house or home. A role or purpose; a station. Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity. The position of a contestant in a competition. The position as a member of a sports team.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put (an object or person) in a specific location. To earn a given spot in a competition. To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered. To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race. To sing (a note) with the correct pitch. To arrange for or to make (a bet). To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.

Example sentence: Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Property

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something that is owned.A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or the value of such a parameter.An object used in a dramatic production

Example sentence: Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.

We hope you now know whether to use Place or Property in your sentence.

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