Apartment vs. Maisonette

By Jaxson

  • Apartment

    An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single storey. There are many names for these overall buildings, see below. The housing tenure of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale public housing, to owner occupancy within what is legally a condominium (strata title or commonhold), to tenants renting from a private landlord (see leasehold estate).

Wikipedia
  • Apartment (noun)

    A complete domicile occupying only part of a building.

    “apartment dwellers”

  • Apartment (noun)

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

  • Apartment (noun)

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

  • Apartment (noun)

    A Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.

  • Maisonette (noun)

    a small house

  • Maisonette (noun)

    an apartment often on two floors

Wiktionary
  • Apartment (noun)

    a flat, typically one that is well appointed or used for holidays

    “self-catering holiday apartments”

  • Apartment (noun)

    a suite of rooms forming one residence; a flat

    “the family lived in a rented apartment”

  • Apartment (noun)

    a block of apartments

    “a district of six-storey apartments arranged along narrow streets”

  • Apartment (noun)

    a set of private rooms in a very large house

    “the Imperial apartments”

  • Maisonette (noun)

    a set of rooms for living in, typically on two storeys of a larger building and having a separate entrance.

Oxford Dictionary

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