Tenure vs Reign - What's the difference?
tenure | reign |
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).
The exercise of sovereign power.
* Prior
The period during which a monarch rules.
The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
To exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch
In lang=en terms the difference between tenure and reign
is that tenure is to grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone) while reign is to exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch.As nouns the difference between tenure and reign
is that tenure is a status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency while reign is the exercise of sovereign power.As verbs the difference between tenure and reign
is that tenure is to grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone) while reign is to exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch.tenure
English
Noun
(en noun)- All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.
Synonyms
(a status of possessing a thing or an office) incumbencyDerived terms
* tenure-trackVerb
(tenur)References
Anagrams
* * * * ----reign
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- England prospered under Elizabeth I.'s reign .
- Saturn's sons received the threefold reign / Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.
- The reign of Victoria was a long one.
- (Spenser)
Verb
(en verb)- He reigned in an autocratic manner.