a house is not a home



a house is not a home

A house is just a physical structure, while a home is lived-in (often by a family) and full of memories. A: "I know it hurts to move to a new town, but we'll have a new house there, and—" B: "Oh, a house is not a home! It won't be the same!"
See also: home, house, not

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tone (2)-Norwegian
Beatricebe-ah-TREE-che (Italian), BEE-ə-tris (English), BEE-tris (English), BE-ah-trees (Swedish), be-ah-TREES (Swedish)Italian, English, Swedish
SjarelSHAH-rəlLimburgish
Iyov-Hebrew
Farid-Arabic, Iranian, Urdu, Azerbaijani
Margaridamar-ga-REE-də (Portuguese)Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Occitan