Occupant vs. Resident
Occupantnoun
A person who occupies an office or a position.
Occupantnoun
A person who occupies a place.
Occupantnoun
A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
Occupantnoun
The owner or tenant of a property.
Occupantnoun
One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing; as, the occupant of the apartment is not at home.
Occupantnoun
A prostitute.
Occupantnoun
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Residentnoun
A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
Residentnoun
A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
Residentnoun
A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty.
Residentnoun
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
Residentnoun
(legal) a legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
Residentadjective
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
Residentadjective
Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
Residentadjective
(obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
Residentadjective
Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.
Residentadjective
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; - opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.
Residentadjective
Fixed; stable; certain.
Residentnoun
One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
Residentnoun
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; - a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4.
Residentnoun
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Residentnoun
a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital;
Residentadjective
living in a particular place;
Residentadjective
used of animals that do not migrate
