Tenure vs Seniority - What's the difference?
tenure | seniority |
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).
A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
As nouns the difference between tenure and seniority
is that tenure is a status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency while seniority is a measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.As a verb tenure
is to grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).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
* * * * ----seniority
English
Noun
- It's an old-fashioned company, with parking spaces and other perks doled out on the basis of seniority .