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Tenet vs Precept - What's the difference?

tenet | precept |

As nouns the difference between tenet and precept

is that tenet is an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true by someone or especially an organization while precept is a rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

As a verb precept is

to teach by precepts.

tenet

English

Noun

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

    • precept

    English

    (wikipedia precept)

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
  • * 2006 : , The Gift of Language
  • ** I need hardly point out that Pinker doesn't really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept .
  • * 1891 :
  • ** He found a people in the extreme of barbarism living in caves, feeding upon the bloody flesh of animals they killed in hunting; he taught them many things, so that by his example, and for generations after he left them by his precepts , they advanced to high civilization.
  • (legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To teach by precepts.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Anagrams

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