Tenter vs Tenser - What's the difference?
tenter | tenser |
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.
To stretch cloth on such a framework.
To admit extension; to be stretchable.
* Francis Bacon
(tense)
(grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
(grammar) To apply a tense to.
Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
Pulled taut, without any slack.
To make or become tense.
As a noun tenter
is a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.As a verb tenter
is to stretch cloth on such a framework.As an adjective tenser is
(tense).tenter
English
(wikipedia tenter)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Woollen cloth will tenter , linen scarcely.
Derived terms
* tenterhookAnagrams
* ----tenser
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*tense
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tens (modern French temps), from (etyl) tempus.Noun
(en noun)- The basic tenses in English are present, past and future.
Derived terms
* tensalVerb
(tens)- tensing a verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) tensus, past participle of .Adjective
(er)- You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense .
