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Terms vs Tenderling - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and tenderling

is that terms is while tenderling is (archaic) one made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.

terms

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Noun

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    tenderling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) One made tender by too much kindness; a fondling.
  • * 1586 , W. Harrison
  • Now have we many chimnies, and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses.
  • (zoology) One of the first antlers of a deer.
  • (Webster 1913)