Pampered vs Tampered - What's the difference?
pampered | tampered |
(pamper)
To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
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, title= (dated) To feed luxuriously.
(tamper)
A person or thing that tamps.
A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle.
(in professional sports) To discuss future contracts against league rules with a player.
As verbs the difference between pampered and tampered
is that pampered is past tense of pamper while tampered is past tense of tamper.pampered
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(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.}}