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Dispender vs Distender - What's the difference?

dispender | distender |

As nouns the difference between dispender and distender

is that dispender is one who dispends or expends; a steward while distender is one who, or that which, distends.

dispender

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who dispends or expends; a steward.
    • (Webster 1913)

    distender

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, distends.
  • * 2005 , Robert Barr, In the Midst of Alarms (page 28)
    • Crinoline was fashionable, even in the country, in those days, and ribs of cane were used before the metallic distenders of dresses came in.