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Homeowner vs Tenant - What's the difference?

homeowner | tenant |

As nouns the difference between homeowner and tenant

is that homeowner is someone who owns a house 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.

homeowner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who owns a house
  • Someone who owns a house for all practical intents and purposes, but is technically still in the process of paying for it over a long period of time

    • Derived terms

    * homeownership

    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

    Related terms

    * * tenement

    See also

    * tenet

    Verb

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