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Do you use the words "house" and "home" in the same manner?

Or do you differentiate them?
Dan193 · 31-35, M
Differ. Home is where you feel good after a day full of.. whatever you do all day. x) And house is just a building.
So an apartment, which is not a house, it can be a home. Or a place like SW can be a home too, in a way.
monkeysdevil007 · 46-50, M
A house is the shell of the building but a home is the people in it
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ahiyaa · M
differentiate between*
HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
@ahiyaa right, sorry!
SW-User
No. A house is a building, home is where I live.
A house is a building. Home is family.
indyjoe · 56-60, M
Usually when I use either word I am referring to the same place...sometimes I say "our house" and other times I'll say "our home". The only difference being 'house' refers mostly to the building itself and 'home' refers to the life we live there in it, but I often use them interchangeably.
It's a tough distinction as the words are both synonymous and used differently.

Best Greek comparison I'd make is it's like the difference between σπίτι and οίκος.
HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
@Qwerty14 yeah I guess the word οικία would be more like the word home (because it indicates familiarity with) while σπίτι would be more like house. Although οικία/οίκος are not used very often anyway (at least in Greece, I'm not sure about Cyprus).
@HannibalAteMeOut Yeah tbh I've never used the word οικία/οίκος and just use σπίτι to refer to both. The other thing though is "house" can refer to a place of work, a sector of government, a school building etc. Whereas home is only for a place someone lives. That's the main difference
HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
@Qwerty14 yes, you're right, but now thinking about it we say "εκδοτικός οίκος" or "οίκος μόδας", so it's different for the english language.
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still it's a house haven't enough time to change it into home!
HannahSky · F
Home is warmer, my home , house is like, at my house
Dan509 · 26-30, M
Same manner
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SW-User
usually, unless I mean to wax poetic about the feeling of being home
DonaldTrumpet · 70-79, M
The GuRLz On the LefTz is a hoUsE
The GuRLz On the rIGHtz I takE Home
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Lilnonames · F
I live in a house and after work im going home
HannibalAteMeOut · 22-25, F
Is your house a home only when you get back from work?
Lilnonames · F
@HannibalAteMeOut its a motel room on the beach

 
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