House vs home
A house is a building for one family to live in. Your home is the place where you live, whether a house or an apartment, and only home works in phrases like go home.
house noun
A building where people live, usually made for one family, not an apartment.
- Their house has a big yard and a red front door.
- We sold our apartment and bought a small house near the park.
home noun
The place where you live, often with your family. It can be a house, an apartment, or any place where you belong.
- Our home is a small apartment above a bakery.
- After a long trip, it felt good to be back in our own home.
Watch out
- Home can also mean to the place where you live, so you say go home or come home, with no to. House never works this way.It's late, so let's go home.
- Home can also mean the town or country where you grew up or where your family comes from.She has lived abroad for years, but the town where she grew up is still home.
- House can also mean all the people who live together in one home.The crying baby woke the whole house.
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It's getting late, so I'm going to walk blank.
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home. Home can mean to the place where you live. House cannot be used this way.
Our family lives in an apartment, not a blank.
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house. A house is a building for one family, not an apartment.
They have lived in the same blank for thirty years.
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Either. Both fit. House names the building, and home is the place where they live.
She has lived abroad for years, but she still calls the town where she grew up blank.
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home. Home can mean the town where you grew up. A house is a building, not a town.