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Tenement vs Rowhouse - What's the difference?

tenement | rowhouse |

As nouns the difference between tenement and rowhouse

is that tenement is a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one while rowhouse is one of a row of houses situated side by side and sharing a common wall.

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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    rowhouse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) One of a row of houses situated side by side and sharing a common wall.

    • Synonyms

    * terraced house * town house