Hander vs Pander - What's the difference?
hander | pander |
One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
:(John Dryden)
(in combinations) Having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
* {{quote-book
, year=2010
, author=Chris Lewit
, title=Tennis Technique Bible Volume One
, passage=Two-handers' generally do not transition to the net as quickly or as often as one-' handers . This, to me, however, is just a coaching failure rather than a technical limitation.
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A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male. (Later panderer.)
* 1992 , Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way , Folio Society 2005, p. 190:
An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
(by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
* Burke
To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations etc.); to assist in the gratification of.
As nouns the difference between hander and pander
is that hander is one who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession while pander is a person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male. (Later panderer..As a verb pander is
to offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.hander
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(en noun)Derived terms
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* pandarNoun
(en noun)- It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders .
- Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.
Verb
(en verb)- His latest speech simply seems to pander to the worst instincts of the electorate.