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Mends vs Pends - What's the difference?

mends | pends |

As verbs the difference between mends and pends

is that mends is third person singular simple present of to mend while pends is (pend) (to delay or wait on action).

As a noun mends

is .

mends

English

Verb

(head)
  • Third person singular simple present of to mend.
  • Noun

    (head)
  • * 1602 , , I. i. 69:
  • she has the mends in her own hands.

    pends

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pend) (To delay or wait on action)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    pend

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To hang down.
  • (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault.
  • To hang; to depend.
  • * I. Taylor
  • pending upon certain powerful motions

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard.
  • Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To pen; to confine.
  • * Udall
  • Pended within the limits of Greece.

    Etymology 3

    Back-formation from (pending).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something).
  • *1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 817:
  • *:The latest list of detainees would be pended and they would be allowed to return to their homes on a temporary basis.
  • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (-)
  • (India) oil cake
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