Master confusing words with ease
Tenant vs. Tenet
Tenant
/ˈtenənt/Examples:
All of the owners told their tenants the same thing:'Pa,' said Bella, 'we have got a Murderer for a tenant.''The tenant's name is Mrs Graham.
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Tenet
/ˈtenət/Examples:
The scientist's research was founded on the tenet of observational evidence.Her life was guided by the tenet that kindness breeds happiness.Many religions share the tenet of treating others with compassion.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Though both words start with ten, tenant refers to a person who rents, while tenet refers to principles or beliefs.
- Visualize a tenant as someone stretching to pay rent—tenant and rent have an n.
- Remember that tenet ends in et, like the word belief, as tenets are beliefs or principles.
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