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Renter vs Tenter - What's the difference?

renter | tenter |

As nouns the difference between renter and tenter

is that renter is one who rents property from another while tenter is a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.

As verbs the difference between renter and tenter

is that renter is to sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw while tenter is to stretch cloth on such a framework.

renter

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who rents property from another.
  • (legal) One who owns or controls property and rents that property to another.
  • Synonyms
    * (one who rents property from another) lessee, tenant, rentee * (one who rents property to another) lessor, landlord
    Usage notes
    Technically, in common legal usage, the term should refer only to the party who owns the property and allows another to rent it. The party paying for the use of the property is properly termed a rentee. However, common usage is to use the term to refer to the party paying for use of the property, and this usage has seeped into legal parlance as well.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) rentraire; (etyl) (lena) prefix (re-) re- + (in) into, in + (trahere) to draw.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.
  • to restore the original design of (a tapestry) by working in new warp.
  • Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    tenter

    English

    (wikipedia tenter)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
  • One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
  • (engineering) A kind of governor, or regulating device.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stretch cloth on such a framework.
  • To admit extension; to be stretchable.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Woollen cloth will tenter , linen scarcely.

    Derived terms

    * tenterhook

    Anagrams

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