Principle vs. Tenet
Difference Between Principle and Tenet
Principlenoun
A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
We need some sort of principles to reason from.Tenetnoun
An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
Principlenoun
A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
The principle of least privilege holds that a process should only receive the permissions it needs.Tenetnoun
a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
Principlenoun
Moral rule or aspect.
I don't doubt your principles.You are clearly a person of principle.It's the principle of the thing; I won't do business with someone I can't trust.Principlenoun
(physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
Bernoulli's PrincipleThe Pauli Exclusion Principle prevents two fermions from occupying the same state.The principle of the internal combustion enginePrinciplenoun
A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
Many believe that life is the result of some vital principle.Principlenoun
(obsolete) A beginning.
Principlenoun
A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
Principlenoun
An original faculty or endowment.
Principleverb
(transitive) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.
Principlenoun
a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct;
their principles of composition characterized all their worksPrinciplenoun
a rule or standard especially of good behavior;
a man of principlehe will not violate his principlesPrinciplenoun
a basic truth or law or assumption;
the principles of democracyPrinciplenoun
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system;
the principle of the conservation of massthe principle of jet propulsionthe right-hand rule for inductive fieldsPrinciplenoun
rule of personal conduct
Principlenoun
(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);
the rationale for capital punishmentthe principles of internal-combustion engines
