Lesser vs Tenant - What's the difference?
lesser | tenant |
(little)
of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc.
a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
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One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
* Cowper
* Cowley
* Byron
(legal) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
As nouns the difference between lesser and tenant
is that lesser is a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc while tenant is one who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.As an adjective lesser
is comparative of little.As a verb tenant is
to hold as, or be, a tenant.lesser
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Adjective
(head)Derived terms
* lesser anteater * Lesser Antilles * lesser celandine * lesser extent * lesser evil, lesser of two evils * lesser flamingo * lesser included offense * lesser nothura * lesser spotted woodpeckerNoun
(en noun)- the lesser of two evils
- The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.
Anagrams
* ----tenant
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Alternative forms
* tenaunt (obsolete) * tennant (obsolete) * tennaunt (obsolete)Noun
(Leasehold estate) (en noun)- sweet tenants of this grove
- the happy tenant of your shade
- the sister tenants of the middle deep