old vs tender

old

adj
  • Indicating affection. 

  • A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective. 

  • Having been used and thus no longer new or unused. 

  • Former, previous. 

  • Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years. 

  • Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. 

  • That is no longer in existence. 

  • Having existed or lived for the specified time. 

  • Tiresome after prolonged repetition. 

  • Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related others 

  • Obsolete; out-of-date. 

  • Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time. 

  • Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school. 

  • Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life. 

  • Familiar. 

noun
  • One's parents. 

  • People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group. 

  • A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager. 

  • A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method. 

tender

adj
  • Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet. 

  • 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. 

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

  • Young and inexperienced. 

adv
  • tenderly 

noun
  • 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 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. 

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

  • To offer, to give. 

  • To work on a tender. 

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