Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tough | Yes | Yes | No | No |
tender | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
tough (noun) | tender (noun) |
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an aggressive and violent young criminal | ship that usually provides supplies to other ships |
a cruel and brutal fellow | a boat for communication between ship and shore |
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing | car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water |
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price | |
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another | |
something that can be used as an official medium of payment |
tough (adjective) | tender (adjective) |
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resistant to cutting or chewing | easy to cut or chew |
physically toughened | physically untoughened |
not given to gentleness or sentimentality | given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality |
unfortunate or hard to bear | (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition |
substantially made or constructed | having or displaying warmth or affection |
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') | hurting |
violent and lawless | (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail |
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution | young and immature |
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe |
tough (verb) | tender (verb) |
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make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | |
make a tender of; in legal settlements | |
offer or present for acceptance | |
propose a payment |