Difference between Residence and Resident

What is the difference between Residence and Resident?

Residence as a noun is the place where one lives. while Resident as a noun is person, animal or plant living at a location or in an area

Residence

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The place where one lives. A building used as a home. The place where a corporation is established. The state of living in a particular place or environment. Street address of a person.

Resident

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: the person on hand who is the strongest in a particular skill or professiona student in the medical profession who watches a licensed doctor in order to learn a skill

Part of speech: noun

Definition: person, animal or plant living at a location or in an areaa graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty

Example sentence: I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse.

We hope you now know whether to use Residence or Resident in your sentence.

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