Caretaker vs Tenant - What's the difference?
caretaker | tenant |
Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after somewhere, or with responsibility for keeping a place in good repair.
Someone who takes care of a person; a parent, carer or other guardian.
Temporary, on a short term basis.
One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
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One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
* Cowper
* Cowley
* Byron
(legal) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
As nouns the difference between caretaker and tenant
is that caretaker is someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after somewhere, or with responsibility for keeping a place in good repair while tenant is one who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.As an adjective caretaker
is temporary, on a short term basis.As a verb tenant is
to hold as, or be, a tenant.caretaker
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- Johnson had to be drafted in as the caretaker manager after Hewlett resigned without warning the day before the final.
tenant
English
Alternative forms
* tenaunt (obsolete) * tennant (obsolete) * tennaunt (obsolete)Noun
(Leasehold estate) (en noun)- sweet tenants of this grove
- the happy tenant of your shade
- the sister tenants of the middle deep