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Panda vs Pander - What's the difference?

panda | pander |

As nouns the difference between panda and pander

is that panda is panda (ailuropoda melanoleuca ) while pander is a person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male (later panderer).

As a verb pander is

to offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.

panda

English

(wikipedia panda)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The giant panda – a black and white bear-like animal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca from the mountains of China.
  • (UK, colloquial) A police car.

    • Synonyms

    * (bear-like animal) giant panda, mottled bear, panda bear * (raccoon-like animal) lesser panda, red panda

    Derived terms

    * panda car * panda crossing * panda hugger * pandalike * pandamonium * reverse panda

    pander

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pandar

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer, especially when male. (Later panderer.)
  • * 1992 , Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way , Folio Society 2005, p. 190:
    • It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders .
  • An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
  • An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
  • (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
  • * Burke
    • Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
  • To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations etc.); to assist in the gratification of.
    • His latest speech simply seems to pander to the worst instincts of the electorate.

    Related terms

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