cutter vs tender

cutter

noun
  • A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore. 

  • A light sleigh drawn by one horse. 

  • A flag or similar instrument for blocking light. 

  • A foretooth; an incisor. 

  • A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut. 

  • A person who practices self-injury by making cuts in the flesh. 

  • An animal yielding inferior meat, with little or no external fat and marbling. 

  • A person or device that cuts (in various senses). 

  • A ten-pence piece. So named because it is the coin most often sharpened by prison inmates to use as a weapon. 

  • A heavy-duty motor boat for official use. 

  • A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop. 

  • A surgeon. 

  • A knife. 

  • A cut fastball. 

tender

noun
  • A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore. 

  • Any offer or proposal made for acceptance. 

  • A formal offer to buy or sell something. 

  • A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water. 

  • A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships. 

  • A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card. 

  • Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply. 

  • The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry. 

adj
  • Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate. 

  • Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel. 

  • Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained. 

  • Soft and easily chewed. 

  • Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate. 

  • Physically weak; not able to endure hardship. 

  • Sensitive or painful to the touch. 

  • Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet. 

  • Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic. 

  • Young and inexperienced. 

verb
  • to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions. 

  • To offer, to give. 

  • To work on a tender. 

adv
  • tenderly 

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