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Occupancy vs Tenancy - What's the difference?

occupancy | tenancy |

As nouns the difference between occupancy and tenancy

is that occupancy is the act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant while tenancy is the occupancy of property etc, under a lease, or by paying rent.

occupancy

English

(wikipedia occupancy)

Noun

(occupancies)
  • The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.
  • The period of time during which someone rents or otherwise occupies certain land or premises.
  • The specific use to which something occupied is put.

    • Antonyms

    * inoccupancy

    tenancy

    English

    Noun

    (tenancies)
  • The occupancy of property etc, under a lease, or by paying rent.
  • The period of occupancy by a tenant.
  • The property occupied by a tenant.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, co-tenancy , fixed-term tenancy , holdover tenancy , joint tenancy with right of survivorship , periodic tenancy , tenancy at will , tenancy at sufferance , tenancy by the entirety , tenancy for life , tenancy for years , tenancy from year to year , tenancy from month to month , tenancy from week to week , tenancy in common}}