The difference between Abide and Dwell

When used as verbs, abide means to endure without yielding, whereas dwell means to live.

Dwell is also noun with the meaning: a period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.

check bellow for the other definitions of Abide and Dwell

  1. Abide as a verb (transitive):

    To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.

    Examples:

    "The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly."

  2. Abide as a verb (transitive):

    To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.

  3. Abide as a verb (transitive):

    To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.

  4. Abide as a verb:

    Examples:

    "The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules."

  5. Abide as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To wait in expectation.

  6. Abide as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To pause; to delay.

  7. Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

  8. Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.

  9. Abide as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To endure; to remain; to last.

  10. Abide as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.

  11. Abide as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.

  12. Abide as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

  1. Dwell as a noun (engineering):

    A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.

  2. Dwell as a noun (engineering):

    A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.

  3. Dwell as a noun (electrical engineering):

    A planned delay in a timed control program.

  4. Dwell as a noun (automotive):

    In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55 (spark at 90 intervals, points closed for 55 between each).

  1. Dwell as a verb (intransitive, now, _, literary):

    To live; to reside.

  2. Dwell as a verb (intransitive):

    To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).

  3. Dwell as a verb (intransitive, engineering):

    To be in a given state.

  4. Dwell as a verb (intransitive):

    To abide; to remain; to continue.

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