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Tenet vs Adage - What's the difference?

tenet | adage |

As nouns the difference between tenet and adage

is that tenet is an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true by someone or especially an organization while adage is an old saying, which has obtained credit by long use.

tenet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An opinion, belief, or principle held to be true by someone or especially an organization.

    • adage

    English

    (wikipedia adage)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use
  • An old saying, which has been overused or considered a ; a trite maxim
    • “Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage ” (Lady MacBeth)

    Synonyms

    * proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm * See also