kind vs stern

kind

noun
  • Equivalent means used as response to an action. 

  • A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen. 

  • A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together. 

  • Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter. 

  • Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine. 

adj
  • Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others. 

  • Favorable. 

  • Mild, gentle, forgiving 

  • Gentle; tractable; easily governed. 

  • Affectionate. 

stern

noun
  • The post of management or direction. 

  • A bird, the black tern. 

  • The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog. 

  • The hinder part of anything. 

  • The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel. 

adj
  • Grim and forbidding in appearance. 

  • Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner. 

verb
  • To propel or move backward or stern-first in the water. 

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