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Cater vs Tailor - What's the difference?

cater | tailor |

In transitive terms the difference between cater and tailor

is that cater is to provide food professionally for a special occasion while tailor is to restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

cater

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To provide food professionally for a special occasion.
    • Did you hire someone to cater our party next week?
  • To provide things to satisfy a person or a need, to serve.
    • I always wanted someone to cater to my every whim.
    Derived terms
    * caterer * cater for * cater to

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cut diagonally.
    • (Halliwell)

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The four of cards or dice.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    tailor

    English

    (wikipedia tailor)

    Alternative forms

    * tailour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
  • (Australia) The fish .

    • Derived terms

    * tailorbird * tailoress * tailor-fashion * tailor-made * tailor's chalk * tailor's dummy

    Synonyms

    * (fish ) bluefish

    Related terms

    * dressmaker * seamster

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make, repair, or alter clothes.
  • To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
  • To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need
    • .

    References

    * Australian Fish and How to Catch Them , Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6.