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Tenement vs Habitation - What's the difference?

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Tenement is a synonym of habitation.


As nouns the difference between tenement and habitation

is that tenement is a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one while habitation is the act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

tenement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
    • 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 building

    Derived terms

    * servient tenement

    See also

    (Wikipedia) * rooming house

    References

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    habitation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
  • A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.

    • Synonyms

    * See also