Tenant vs. Resident
Difference Between Tenant and Resident
Tenantnoun
One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
Residentnoun
A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
Tenantnoun
One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
Residentnoun
A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
Tenantnoun
(legal) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
Residentnoun
A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty.
She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General.Tenantverb
To hold as, or be, a tenant.
Residentnoun
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
Tenantverb
(transitive) To inhabit.
Residentnoun
(legal) a legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
Tenantnoun
someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else;
the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rentResidentadjective
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
resident in the city or in the countryTenantnoun
a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
Residentadjective
Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
He is our resident computer expert.Tenantnoun
any occupant who dwells in a place
Residentadjective
(obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
Tenantverb
occupy as a tenant
Residentadjective
Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory.
Residentnoun
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Residentnoun
a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital;
the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospitalResidentadjective
living in a particular place;
resident aliensResidentadjective
used of animals that do not migrate
