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Pensioner vs Tensioner - What's the difference?

pensioner | tensioner |

As nouns the difference between pensioner and tensioner

is that pensioner is someone who lives on a pension while tensioner is any device that maintains or applies tension.

pensioner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who lives on a pension.
  • Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
  • (obsolete, UK, Cambridge University) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; at Oxford called a commoner.

    • tensioner

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tensioner) (en noun)
  • Any device that maintains or applies tension