Pamper vs Cater - What's the difference?
pamper | cater |
To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
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, title= (dated) To feed luxuriously.
To provide food professionally for a special occasion.
To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve.
As a verb pamper
is to treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.As a proper noun cater is
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Verb
(en verb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
Synonyms
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* ----cater
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- Did you hire someone to cater our party next week?
- I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim.