This isn’t a dumb question...it’s a good question—particularly as beginners might not know about different sizes of strings (or ukulele), much less the material they are made of.
And to be honest, if someone online posts that they get great tone out of colored dental floss, other people are going to try it.
The Aquila KIDS strings that we use at my school are “okayed” by Aquila to be used on sopranos, concerts, and tenors. I don’t know what would make them different than other strings, but what I expect is that they are probably long strings meant for concert, bridging the gap between soprano (thicker than usual) and tenor (thinner than usual).
Also, Martin M600 strings are for Soprano/Concert, as are many other strings...covering scale lengths of 12-16 inches. Tenor at 16-18 inches isn’t much more of a stretch (literally and figuratively).
I doubt that you’ll do structural damage to a soprano by using tenor strings, but you may find that tension at that scales is too loose at pitch (floppy) and the strings are too thick for your liking...and may not even fit in the guide holes on the nut.
Perhaps Mimmo can address this issue, too (From Aquila).
But as I said before, people do all kinds of things with their strings...different mixes of materials, different tunings, and so on. As long as you’re okay with the possibility that there could be some damage based on using strings that weren’t originally rated for the scale...do what you want!