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apartment building vs tenement

tenement vs apartment building

apartment building and tenement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apartment building Yes No No No
tenement Yes No No No
As nouns, tenement is a hyponym of apartment building; that is, tenement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than apartment building:
  • apartment building: a building that is divided into apartments
  • tenement: a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
Other hyponyms of apartment building include tenement house, walk-up.
apartment building (noun) tenement (noun)
a building that is divided into apartments a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
Difference between apartment building and tenement

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