Tender vs Hard - What's the difference?

In nautical terms the difference between tender and hard

is that tender is a smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore while hard is a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

In obsolete terms the difference between tender and hard

is that tender is someone who tends or waits on someone while hard is so as to raise difficulties.

As a verb tender

is to make tender or delicate; to weaken.

As an adverb hard is

with much force or effort.

tender

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) tendre, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)

Sensitive or painful to the touch.

* 1597 , , All's Well that Ends Well , 3,2:

* 2006 , Mike Myers (as the voice of the title character), Shrek (movie)

Be careful: that area is tender .

Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.

Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

* Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 56

the tender and delicate woman among you

(of food) Soft and easily chewed.

* 2001 , Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)

The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender , succulent, and juicy.

Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

* L'Estrange

Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces.

Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.

* Bible, James v. 11

The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

* Shakespeare

You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, / Will never do him good.

* Fuller

I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.

Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.

Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.

* Francis Bacon

Things that are tender and unpleasing.

(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.

(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

* Shakespeare

I love Valentine, / Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!

(obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of .

* Burke

tender of property

* Tillotson

The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* chicken tender * frost-tender * tenderise, tenderize * tenderly * tenderness * tender loving care, TLC * tenderfoot

Verb

(en verb)

To make tender or delicate; to weaken.

*, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:

To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […].

* Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:

Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. […] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.

to feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.

* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , 3,1 (First Folio edition):

And ?o good Capulet , which name I tender
As dearely as my owne, be ?atisfied.

Noun

(obsolete) regard; care; kind concern

Thou makest some tender of my life / In this fair rescue thou hast brought to me.

The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

Etymology 2

From .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.

(rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

(nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.

(nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.

Synonyms

* (smaller boat) dinghy

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

(formal) To offer, to give.

* Shakespeare

You see how all conditions, how all minds, tender down / Their services to Lord Timon.

* 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston

I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.

to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

Synonyms

* offer

Derived terms

* tenderable * to tender something out

Noun

(en noun)

A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.

(legal) A formal offer to buy or sell something.

Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

* 1599 ,

[...] if she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it; for the man,—as you know all,—hath a contemptible spirit.

Anagrams

* ----

hard

English

Adjective

(er)

(label) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

# Resistant to pressure.

# (label) Strong.

# (label) High in dissolved calcium compounds.

# Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).

(label) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

# Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.

#* 1988 , An Oracle , Edmund White

Ray found it hard to imagine having accumulated so many mannerisms before the dawn of sex, of the sexual need to please, of the staginess sex encourages or the tightly capped wells of poisoned sexual desire the disappointed must stand guard over.

#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff

, volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard -to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.}}

# Demanding a lot of effort to endure.

# Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.

# (label) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

#* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)

The stag was too hard for the horse.

#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

a power which will be always too hard for them

Unquestionable.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 19, author=Kerry Brown, work=The Guardian

, title= Kim Jong-il obituary , passage=Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years. }}

(label) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

Sexually aroused.

(label) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

(label)

# Plosive.

# Unvoiced

Hard' ''k'', ''t'', ''s'', ''ch'', as distinguished from '''soft , ''g'', ''d'', ''z'', ''j

(label) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.

# Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

# Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.

(label) In the form of a hard copy.

We need both a digital archive and a hard archive.

Synonyms

* (resistant to pressure ): resistant, solid, stony * (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand ): confusing, difficult, puzzling, tough, tricky * (requiring a lot of effort to endure ): difficult, intolerable, tough, unbearable * (severe ): harsh, hostile, severe, strict, tough, unfriendly * (unquestionable ): incontrovertible, indubitable, unambiguous, unequivocal, unquestionable * (of drink ): strong * See also

Antonyms

* (resistant to pressure ): soft * (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand ): easy, simple, straightforward, trite * (requiring a lot of effort to endure ): bearable, easy * (severe ): agreeable, amiable, approachable, friendly, nice, pleasant * (unquestionable ): controvertible, doubtful, ambiguous, equivocal, questionable * (of drink ): ** (low in alcohol ): low-alcohol ** (non-alcoholic ): alcohol-free, soft, non-alcoholic * (of roads) soft * ("sexually aroused"): soft, flaccid

Derived terms

* between a rock and a hard place * die-hard * hard as nails * hard-ass * hardboard * hard-boiled * hard by * hard candy * hard case * hard cheese * hard-coded * hard copy * hardcore * hard disk/hard disc * hard done by * hard drink * hard-edged * harden * hard feelings * hard grass * hard hat * hard head * hard-hearted * hard-hitting * hard knocks * hard labor * hard light * hard-liner * hard lines * hard luck * hardness * hard news * hard-on * hard-pressed * hard radiation * hard sauce * hard science fiction * hard-shell * hard times * hard to come by * hard to please * hard up * hardware * hard water * hard-wire * hardwood * hard work * have it hard * play hard to get * (hard)

Adverb

(er)

(manner) With much force or effort.

He hit the puck hard up the ice.

They worked hard all week.

At the intersection, bear hard left.

The recession hit them especially hard .

Think hard about your choices.

* Dryden

prayed so hard for mercy from the prince

* Shakespeare

My father / Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself.

(manner) With difficulty.

His degree was hard earned.

The vehicle moves hard .

(obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.

* Sir Thomas Browne

The question is hard set.

(manner) Compactly.

The lake had finally frozen hard .

Near, close.

* Bible, Acts xviii. 7

whose house joined hard to the synagogue

* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 418:

It was another long day's march before they glimpsed the towers of Harrenhal in the distance, hard beside the blue waters of the lake.

Noun

(en noun)

(nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water

Statistics

* English manner adverbs 1000 English basic words ----

Tender vs Hard - What's the difference?

In nautical terms the difference between tender and hard

In obsolete terms the difference between tender and hard

As a verb tender

As an adverb hard is

tender

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Synonyms

Related terms

Etymology 3

Verb

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

See also

Anagrams

hard

English

Adjective

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

Noun

Statistics