Mansion vs. Estate

Mansion vs. Estate — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Mansion and Estate

Mansionnoun

A large house or building, usually built for the wealthy.

Estatenoun

The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.

Mansionnoun

(UK) A luxurious flat (apartment).

Estatenoun

State; condition.

Mansionnoun

(obsolete) A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.

Estatenoun

(archaic) Status, rank.

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Mansionnoun

(obsolete) A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.

Estatenoun

(archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.

Mansionnoun

(historical) An astrological house; a station of the moon.

Estatenoun

(obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.

Mansionnoun

(Chinese astronomy) One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.

Estatenoun

(historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).

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Mansionnoun

An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now chiefly in allusion to John 14:2.)

Estatenoun

(legal) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.

Mansionnoun

Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement.

Estatenoun

An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.

Mansionnoun

(astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

Estatenoun

The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.

Mansionnoun

a large and imposing house

Estatenoun

A housing estate.

Estatenoun

A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating).

Estatenoun

(obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.

Estateadjective

Previously owned; secondhand.

an estate diamond; estate jewelry

Estateverb

To give an estate to.

Estateverb

To bestow upon.

Estatenoun

everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

Estatenoun

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;

the family owned a large estate on Long Island

Estatenoun

a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights