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apartment building vs tenement house

tenement house vs apartment building

apartment building and tenement house both are nouns.

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

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