Tenant vs. Tenet — What's the Difference?

One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another.

A principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy

A dweller in a place; an occupant.

A doctrine, principle, or position held as part of a philosophy, religion, or field of endeavor.

To hold as a tenant or be a tenant.

An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

One who holds a lease (a tenancy).

Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true; as, the tenets of Plato or of Cicero.

(by extension) One who has possession of any place.

A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

(computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

One who holds a feudal tenure in real property.

One who owns real estate other than via allodial title.

Misconstruction of tenet

To hold as, or be, a tenant.

(transitive) To inhabit.

One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; - correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.

One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.

To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.

Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else;

A holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

Any occupant who dwells in a place

Occupy as a tenant