motion vs tender

motion

noun
  • A piece of moving mechanism, such as on a steam locomotive. 

  • A change from one place to another. 

  • A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement. 

  • A state of progression from one place to another. 

  • from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place. 

  • A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant. 

  • A change of position with respect to time. 

  • A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting. 

  • Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity. 

  • Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is when parts move in the same direction.) 

verb
  • To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure. 

  • To make a proposal; to offer plans. 

  • To gesture indicating a desired movement. 

tender

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

  • Any offer or proposal made for acceptance. 

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

  • A formal offer to buy or sell something. 

  • 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. 

adv
  • tenderly 

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

  • To offer, to give. 

  • To work on a tender. 

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