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Tender vs Affectionate - What's the difference?

tender | affectionate |

Affectionate is a synonym of tender.



In lang=en terms the difference between tender and affectionate

is that tender is a formal offer to buy or sell something while affectionate is to show affection to; to have affection for.

As adjectives the difference between tender and affectionate

is that tender is sensitive or painful to the touch while affectionate is having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

As verbs the difference between tender and affectionate

is that tender is to make tender or delicate; to weaken while affectionate is to show affection to; to have affection for.

As a noun tender

is regard; care; kind concern.

tender

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) tendre, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)
  • Sensitive or painful to the touch.
  • * 1597 , , All's Well that Ends Well , 3,2:
  • * 2006 , Mike Myers (as the voice of the title character), Shrek (movie)
    • Be careful: that area is tender .
  • Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
  • Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 56
    • the tender and delicate woman among you
  • (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
  • * 2001 , Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)
    • The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender , succulent, and juicy.
  • Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
  • * L'Estrange
    • Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces.
  • Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
  • * Bible, James v. 11
    • The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies, / Will never do him good.
  • * Fuller
    • I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.
  • Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
  • Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Things that are tender and unpleasing.
  • (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
  • (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I love Valentine, / Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
  • (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of .
  • * Burke
    • tender of property
  • * Tillotson
    • The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * chicken tender * frost-tender * tenderise, tenderize * tenderly * tenderness * tender loving care, TLC * tenderfoot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
  • *, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:
    • To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […].
  • * Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:
    • Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. […] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.
  • to feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
  • * 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , 3,1 (First Folio edition):
    • And ?o good Capulet , which name I tender
    As dearely as my owne, be ?atisfied.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) regard; care; kind concern
  • *
    • Thou makest some tender of my life / In this fair rescue thou hast brought to me.
  • The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
  • (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
  • (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
  • (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
    • Synonyms
    * (smaller boat) dinghy
    Related terms
    * (one who tends) bartender

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (formal) To offer, to give.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You see how all conditions, how all minds, tender down / Their services to Lord Timon.
  • * 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
    • I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
  • to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
    • Synonyms
    * offer
    Derived terms
    * tenderable * to tender something out

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
  • (legal) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
  • Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
  • * 1599 ,
    • [...] if she should make tender of her love, 'tis very possible he'll scorn it; for the man,—as you know all,—hath a contemptible spirit.
    See also
    * legal tender * to put out to tender * to put out for tender

    Anagrams

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    affectionate

    English

    Etymology 1

    Partly from (etyl) affectionatus, partly from affection + .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
    • She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
  • Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
    • the affectionate''' care of a parent; an '''affectionate''' countenance; an '''affectionate''' message; ' affectionate language
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
    Synonyms
    * tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. * See also
    Derived terms
    * affectionately
    Related terms
    * affect * affectation * affecter * affective * affection

    Etymology 2

    Either from the adjective, or from affection + (modelled on Middle French affectionner).

    Verb

    (affectionat)
  • (rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
  • (obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, p.21:
    • Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that.
  • * 1721 , John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629 , Volume 1, page 222,
    • And fir?t, his Maje?ty would have you to under?tand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right u?e of Parliaments, than his Maje?ty hath approved him?elf to be,.
  • * 1838 February 1, (Charles Dickens), To Catherine Dickens'', 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), ''The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens , page 41,
    • Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
    CHARLES DICKENS
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