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Mender vs Mendery - What's the difference?

mender | mendery |

As nouns the difference between mender and mendery

is that mender is a person who mends while mendery is the department of a library where damaged books are repaired.

mender

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who mends.
    • ----

    mendery

    English

    Noun

    (menderies)
  • The department of a library where damaged books are repaired.
  • * 1992 , Who, What and Where in Book Repair: Institutional Profiles of the LCCDG, 1992], [http://cool.conservation-us.org , February 2, 2009:
    • "Most research libraries have had or continue to have a "mendery" where repair work takes place."
  • *:: "Who, What and Where in Book Repair: Institutional Profiles of the LCCDG, 1992," The Book and Paper Group, Vol. 11.
  • An establishment in which clothes are repaired.
  • * 1995 , William Michael Murphy, '' Family Secrets: William Butler Yeats and His Relatives
    • "Sara Hyland and May Courtney have decided to try and carry on as a 'Mendery and Dressmaking Establishment.'"
  • *:: William Michael Murphy, Family Secrets: William Butler Yeats and His Relatives