Tenor vs Tenure - What's the difference?
tenor | tenure |
(archaic, music) Musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus'' and ''contratenor altus , who perform countermelodies.
(obsolete) duration; continuance; a state of holding on in a continuous course; general tendency; career.
* Gray
(music) Musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto.
A person, instrument or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.
Tone, as of a conversation.
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(linguistics) The subject in a metaphor to which attributes are ascribed.
(finance) Time to maturity of a bond.
Stamp; character; nature.
* Dryden
(legal) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport , which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
* Shakespeare
* Spart
of or pertaining to the tenor part or range
A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
* Cowper
A period of time during which something is possessed.
A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
A right to hold land under the feudal system.
To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
As nouns the difference between tenor and tenure
is that tenor is musical part or section that holds or performs the main melody, as opposed to the contratenor bassus and contratenor altus, who perform countermelodies while tenure is a status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.As an adjective tenor
is of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.As a verb tenure is
to grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).tenor
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- Along the cool sequestered vale of life / They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
- This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor .
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- When it [the bond] is paid according to the tenor .
- Does not the whole tenor of the divine law positively require humility and meekness to all men?
Derived terms
* Old Tenor, Middle Tenor, New TenorCoordinate terms
* (voice types) soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)See also
* ("tenor" on Wikipedia)Adjective
(-)- He has a tenor voice.
Anagrams
* ----tenure
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Noun
(en noun)- All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.
