Rations vs Provender - What's the difference?
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Food, especially for livestock.
* 1663 ,
An edible material that provides sustenance.
As nouns the difference between rations and provender
is that rations is plural of lang=en while provender is food, especially for livestock.As a verb rations
is third-person singular of ration.provender
English
Noun
(en-noun)- He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender , wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed.