Tenement vs Backcourt - What's the difference?
tenement | backcourt |
a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one
(legal) any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned
(figurative) Dwelling; abode; habitation.
* John Locke
A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 77:
* 2011 , Brian McHugh, The Guardian , 8 Jan 2011:
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 2, Howard Beck, Knicks Will Continue to Be Walsh’s Work in Progress in 2009, New York Times
, passage=So the Knicks, who began the season with a depleted frontcourt, have muddled through the last six weeks with a depleted backcourt as well. }}
As nouns the difference between tenement and backcourt
is that tenement is a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one while backcourt is a courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.tenement
English
Noun
(en noun)- Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement , unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?
Synonyms
* (building) tenement house, apartment buildingDerived terms
* servient tenementSee also
(Wikipedia) * rooming houseReferences
* ----backcourt
English
Noun
(en noun)- Some backcourts had wee outside buildings. They had caved-in roofs and tile chimneys broke off and all smashed windows.
- Each unique backcourt was an adventure playground with walls to be climbed, chasms to be leaped and dustbins to be raked through and pillaged.
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