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Commander vs Commender - What's the difference?

commander | commender |

As nouns the difference between commander and commender

is that commander is one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization while commender is one who commends.

commander

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
  • A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
  • One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
  • A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
  • (obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
  • A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
  • A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.

    • commender

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who commends.
  • * 1850 , William Kimbrough Pendleton, The Millennial Harbinger, Volume 7
    • The Germans and the French became reformers; but the Anglo-Saxons were the first translators and commenders of the Bible, and of universal Bible reading.

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