Tenant vs. Resident

Tenant vs. Resident — Is There a Difference?
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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.
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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 rent

Residentadjective

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 country
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Tenantnoun

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 hospital

Residentadjective

living in a particular place;

resident aliens

Residentadjective

used of animals that do not migrate