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What is the difference between calender and calendar?

calender | calendar |

As nouns the difference between calender and calendar

is that calender is misspelling of lang=en while calendar is any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.

As verbs the difference between calender and calendar

is that calender is to press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in the homonymous machine while calendar is to set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.

calender

English

Etymology 1

* From (etyl) calandre, from . * This spelling (calendar) was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the chronological senses from the machine (calender)

Noun

(wikipedia calender) (en noun)
  • A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.
  • One who pursues the business of calendering.
    • Synonyms
    * (one in the business or trade of calendering) calendrer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in the homonymous machine.
    • Derived terms
    * supercalender

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . (qalandar)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of a wandering, mendicant Sufic order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes, founded in the 13th century by an Arab named Yusuf.

    • References

    * [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=calender&searchmode=none] * *

    calendar

    English

    (wikipedia calendar)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
  • A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
  • A list of planned events.
  • An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.
  • * (Francis Bacon)
    • Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=20, url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL2004261W , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.

    Usage notes

    * Do not confuse calendar' with ' calender .

    Synonyms

    * (list of planned events) agenda, schedule, docket

    Derived terms

    * calendar day * calendric * calendrical * Chinese calendar * French Republican Calendar * Gregorian calendar * Hebrew calendar * Jewish calendar * Julian calendar * lunar calendar * lunisolar calendar * solar calendar * desktop calendar

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (legal) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.
    • The judge agreed to calendar''' a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to '''calendar the trial itself on a specific date.
  • To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
    • (Waterhouse)

    Anagrams

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