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Vend vs Hend - What's the difference?

vend | hend |

As verbs the difference between vend and hend

is that vend is to sell while hend is (obsolete) to take hold of; to grasp, hold.

As a noun vend

is the act of vending or selling; a sale.

vend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to sell
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of vending or selling; a sale.
  • (UK, Australia, dated) The total sales of coal from a colliery.
  • Anagrams

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    hend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To take hold of; to grasp, hold.
  • * 1885', Presently the cloud opened and behold, within it was that Jinni '''hending in hand a drawn sword, while his eyes were shooting fire sparks of rage. — Sir Richard Burton, ''The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , vol. 1