locate

Compared meaning: to make a permanent home somewhere (verb).

比较义项：定居（动词）。

• locate 本词

  Fairly formal; often used for a business or organization establishing itself somewhere, and sounds odd or overly formal when used casually about a person's home.

  语气较为正式，多用于公司或机构在某地设立场所；若随口用来说人的家，会显得生硬或过于正式。

  Many young companies choose to locate in this low-tax business park.

  许多年轻公司选择在这个低税率的商业园区落户。

• settle

  The ordinary, everyday word for making a permanent home somewhere; used for people and families, and suggests staying for good and putting down roots.

  是表示在某地长久安家的日常用词，用于人或家庭，含有长期定居、扎根的意味。

  After retiring, my grandparents settled in a peaceful village by the sea.

  退休后，我的祖父母在海边一个宁静的村庄定居下来。

Both words can mean making a permanent home somewhere. Settle is the everyday word for people or families, suggesting staying for good. Locate is more formal, often for a business setting up in a place. Not compared: locate's meaning 'to find the position of something'.

这两个词在“定居”这个意思上比较接近，但settle是日常表达，强调人或家庭长期安家扎根；locate语气更正式，常指公司或机构在某地设立场所，用于人时较少见。这里不比较locate的“找出，定位”义项。