tenancy vs abidance

tenancy and abidance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tenancy	Yes	No	No	No
abidance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abidance is a hypernym of tenancy; that is, abidance is a word with a broader meaning than tenancy:

Other hypernyms of tenancy include residence, residency.

tenancy (noun)	abidance (noun)
an act of being a tenant or occupant	the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
	the act of dwelling in a place
	acting according to certain accepted standards