Rent vs Fault - What's the difference?

Rent is a related term of fault.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between rent and fault

is that rent is (obsolete) income; revenue while fault is (obsolete) want; lack.

In lang=en terms the difference between rent and fault

is that rent is to be leased or let for rent while fault is to commit a mistake or error.

As nouns the difference between rent and fault

is that rent is a payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property or rent can be a tear or rip in some surface while fault is a defect; something that detracts from perfection.

As verbs the difference between rent and fault

is that rent is to occupy premises in exchange for rent or rent can be (rend) while fault is to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

rent

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) rente, from .

Noun

(en noun)

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.

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A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.

(economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.

An object for which rent is charged or paid.

(obsolete) income; revenue

* Gower

[Bacchus] a waster was and all his rent / In wine and bordel he dispent.

* (Alexander Pope)

So bought an annual rent or two, / And liv'd, just as you see I do.

Derived terms

* rental * renting * rent strike

Verb

(en verb)

To occupy premises in exchange for rent.

To grant occupation in return for rent.

To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.

To be leased or let for rent.

The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.

Etymology 2

(etyl) . Variant form of renden.

Noun

(en noun)

A tear or rip in some surface.

* 1913 ,

The brown paint on the door was so old that the naked wood showed between the rents .

A division or schism.

Verb

(head)

(rend)

Anagrams

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fault

English

Noun

(en noun)

A defect; something that detracts from perfection.

* Shakespeare

As patches set upon a little breach / Discredit more in hiding of the fault .

A mistake or error.

No!. This is my fault, not yours

A weakness of character; a failing.

For all her faults , she's a good person at heart.

A minor offense.

Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.

The fault lies with you.

(seismology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

(mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.

slate fault''', dirt '''fault , etc.

(Raymond)

(tennis) An illegal serve.

(electrical) An abnormal connection in a circuit.

(obsolete) want; lack

* Shakespeare

one, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend

(hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

* Shakespeare

Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, / With much ado, the cold fault clearly out.

Derived terms

* at fault * double fault * to a fault

Synonyms

* See also

Verb

(en verb)

To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.

* Traditional song

For that I will not fault thee / But for humbleness exalt thee.

(geology) To fracture.

To commit a mistake or error.

(computing) To undergo a page fault.

* 2002 , Æleen Frisch, Essential system administration

When a page is read in, a few pages surrounding the faulted page are typically loaded as well in the same I/O operation in an effort to head off future page faults.