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Farmer vs Tenant - What's the difference?

farmer | tenant |

As nouns the difference between farmer and tenant

is that farmer is while tenant is one who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.

As a verb tenant is

to hold as, or be, a tenant.

farmer

English

(wikipedia farmer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who works the land or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.
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  • Agent noun]] of farm; someone or something that [[farm#verb, farms.
  • (historical) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect for a certain rate per cent.
  • a farmer of the revenues
  • (historical, mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown.
  • Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    tenant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tenaunt (obsolete) * tennant (obsolete) * tennaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (Leasehold estate) (en noun)
  • One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
  • *
  • One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
  • * Cowper
  • sweet tenants of this grove
  • * Cowley
  • the happy tenant of your shade
  • * Byron
  • the sister tenants of the middle deep
  • (legal) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
  • Synonyms

    * lessee * renter * rentee

    Derived terms

    * tenancy * tenantless * tenantry

    See also

    * tenet

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hold as, or be, a tenant.