The difference between Apartment and Condominium

When used as nouns, apartment means a complete domicile occupying only part of a building, whereas condominium means joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries.


check bellow for the other definitions of Apartment and Condominium

  1. Apartment as a noun:

    A complete domicile occupying only part of a building.

    Examples:

    "apartment [[dweller]]s"

  2. Apartment as a noun (archaic):

    A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.

  3. Apartment as a noun (obsolete):

    A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment

  4. Apartment as a noun (computing, [[COM]]):

    A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.

  1. Condominium as a noun:

    Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries.

    Examples:

    "The [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]] was a condominium ruled jointly by [[Egypt]] and the [[United Kingdom]]."

  2. Condominium as a noun:

    A region or territory under such rule.

  3. Condominium as a noun (US, Canada):

    A building in which each unit is owned by an individual but the grounds, structure etc are owned jointly.

  4. Condominium as a noun (US, Canada):

    the system of ownership by which such condominiums operate

  5. Condominium as a noun (US, Canada):

    A unit or apartment in such a complex.

  6. Condominium as a noun:

    The legal tenure involved.

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