Apartment vs. Suite

Apartment vs. Suite — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Apartment and Suite

Apartmentnoun

A complete domicile occupying only part of a building.

apartment dwellers

Suitenoun

A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage

the ambassador's suite

Apartmentnoun

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

Suitenoun

A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together

a suite of roomsa suite of minerals

Apartmentnoun

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

Suitenoun

A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.

The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security.
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Apartmentnoun

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.

Suitenoun

(music) A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.

Apartmentnoun

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Suitenoun

(music) An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.

Suitenoun

(computing) A group of related computer programs distributed together.

Suitenoun

a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected

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Suitenoun

apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

Suitenoun

the group following and attending to some important person

Suitenoun

a matching set of furniture