Moist vs Tender - What's the difference?
moist | tender |
Slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp.
* 1937 , "Modernist Miracle", Time , 1 Nov 1937:
* 2011 , Dominic Streatfeild, The Guardian , 7 Jan 2011:
Of eyes: tearful, wet with tears.
* 1974 , "Mitchell and Stans: Not Guilty", Time , 6 Dec 1974:
Of weather, climate etc.: rainy, damp.
* 2008 , Graham Harvey, The Guardian , 8 Sep 2008:
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(obsolete) Watery, liquid, fluid.
* 1658 , Sir Thomas Browne, Hydriotaphia :
(medicine) Characterised by the presence of pus, mucus etc.
(colloquial) Sexually lubricated (of the vagina); sexually aroused, turned on (of a woman).
* 2008 , Marcia King-Gamble, Meet Phoenix , p. 168:
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)
Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 56
(of food) Soft and easily chewed.
* 2001 , Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
* L'Estrange
Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
* Bible, James v. 11
* Shakespeare
* Fuller
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
* Francis Bacon
(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of .
* Burke
* Tillotson
To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
*, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:
* Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:
to feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , 3,1 (First Folio edition):
(obsolete) regard; care; kind concern
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The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
(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.
(formal) To offer, to give.
* Shakespeare
* 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
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 ,
As an adjective moist
is slightly wet; characterised by the presence of moisture, not dry; damp.As a noun tender is
(label) (l) (fuel-carrying railroad car).moist
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Joseph Smith, a diffident, conscientious young man with moist hands and an awkward, absent-minded manner, was head gardener at Wotton Vanborough.
- "The other car didn't explode," continues Shujaa. "The explosives were a bit moist . They had been stored in a place that was too humid."
- Eyes moist , he hugged one of his attorneys and later said: "I feel like I've been reborn."
- With its mild, moist climate, Britain is uniquely placed to grow good grass.
- Pituita'', or phlegm, is a cold and moist humour, begotten of the colder parts of the ''chylus […].
- Some being of the opinion of Thales, that water was the originall of all things, thought it most equall to submit unto the principle of putrefaction, and conclude in a moist relentment.
- He slid a finger in me, checking to make sure I was moist and ready for him.
Synonyms
* dank * damp *Anagrams
*tender
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tendre, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- Be careful: that area is tender .
- the tender and delicate woman among you
- The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender , succulent, and juicy.
- Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces.
- The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
- You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, / Will never do him good.
- I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.
- Things that are tender and unpleasing.
- I love Valentine, / Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
- tender of property
- The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* chicken tender * frost-tender * tenderise, tenderize * tenderly * tenderness * tender loving care, TLC * tenderfootVerb
(en verb)- 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 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.
- And ?o good Capulet , which name I tender
As dearely as my owne, be ?atisfied.
Noun
- Thou makest some tender of my life / In this fair rescue thou hast brought to me.
Etymology 2
From .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (smaller boat) dinghyEtymology 3
From (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- You see how all conditions, how all minds, tender down / Their services to Lord Timon.
- I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
Synonyms
* offerDerived terms
* tenderable * to tender something outNoun
(en noun)- [...] 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.