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Penks vs Pends - What's the difference?

penks | pends |

As a noun penks

is .

As a verb pends is

(pend) (to delay or wait on action).

penks

English

Noun

(head)

    • pends

    English

    Verb

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

    • Anagrams

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    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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