Kind vs. Tender — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Kind and Tender
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Definitions
Kind
A group of people or things having similar characteristics
More data of this kind would be valuable
All kinds of music
Tender
Showing gentleness, kindness, and affection
She covered his face with tender kisses
He was being so kind and tender
Kind
Each of the elements (bread and wine) of the Eucharist
Communion in both kinds
Tender
(of food) easy to cut or chew; not tough
Tender green beans
Kind
Having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature
He was very kind to me
She was a good, kind woman
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Tender
(of a part of the body) sensitive to pain
The pale, tender skin of her forearm
Kind
Having or showing a friendly, generous, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature.
Tender
Young, inexperienced, or vulnerable
He started sailing at the tender age of ten
Kind
Agreeable or beneficial
A dry climate kind to asthmatics.
Tender
(of a ship) leaning or readily inclined to roll in response to the wind.
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Kind
A group of individuals or instances sharing common traits; a category or sort
Different kinds of furniture.
A new kind of politics.
Tender
Offer or present (something) formally
He tendered his resignation as leader
Kind
A doubtful or borderline member of a given category
Fashioned a kind of shelter.
A kind of bluish color.
Tender
An offer to carry out work, supply goods, or buy land, shares, or another asset at a stated fixed price
Being government land, it was sold by tender
We invited tenders for up to three more frigates
A minimum tender price
Kind
Underlying character as a determinant of the class to which a thing belongs; nature or essence.
Tender
A vehicle used by a fire service for carrying specified supplies or equipment or fulfilling a specified role
Three fire engines, including an emergency tender, attended the scene
Kind
The natural order or course of things; nature.
Tender
A dinghy or other boat used to ferry people and supplies to and from a ship.
Kind
Manner or fashion.
Tender
A trailing vehicle closely coupled to a steam locomotive to carry fuel and water.
Kind
Lineal ancestry or descent.
Tender
A person who looks after someone else or a machine or place
Alexei signalled to one of the engine tenders
Kind
Lineal ancestors or descendants considered as a group.
Tender
Easily crushed or bruised; fragile
A tender petal.
Kind
A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
What kind of a person are you?
This is a strange kind of tobacco.
Tender
Easily chewed or cut
Tender beef.
Kind
A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
The opening served as a kind of window.
Tender
Young and vulnerable
Of tender age.
Kind
(archaic) One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
Tender
Frail; delicate.
Kind
(archaic) Family, lineage.
Tender
Sensitive to frost or severe cold; not hardy
Tender green shoots.
Kind
(archaic) Manner.
Tender
Easily hurt; sensitive
Tender skin.
Kind
Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.
Tender
Painful; sore
A tender tooth.
Kind
Equivalent means used as response to an action.
I'll pay in kind for his insult.
Tender
Considerate and protective; solicitous
A tender mother.
His tender concern.
Kind
(Christianity) Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.
Tender
Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving
A tender glance.
A tender ballad.
Kind
Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
Tender
Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft
A tender heart.
Kind
Affectionate.
A kind man; a kind heart
Tender
(Nautical) Likely to heel easily under sail; crank.
Kind
Favorable.
Tender
To make tender.
Kind
Mild, gentle, forgiving
The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well.
Tender
To offer formally
Tender a letter of resignation.
Kind
Gentle; tractable; easily governed.
A horse kind in harness
Tender
(Law) To offer (payment or performance) pursuant to an obligation.
Kind
(obsolete) Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
Tender
A strip of meat, usually chicken, often breaded, deep-fried, and served with a sauce.
Kind
Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth the kind taste.
Tender
(Law) An offer to pay the amount due under a debt or obligation.
Kind
Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial; sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.
Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught,The love he bore to learning was his fault.
Tender
A written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid.
Kind
Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining; benevolent; benignant; gracious.
He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil.
O cruel Death, to those you take more kindThan to the wretched mortals left behind.
A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind.
Tender
Something, especially money, offered in payment.
Kind
Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness, gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act.
Tender
One who tends something
A lathe tender.
Kind
Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness.
Tender
(Nautical) A vessel attendant on other vessels, especially one that ferries supplies between ship and shore.
Kind
Nature; natural instinct or disposition.
He knew by kind and by no other lore.
Some of you, on pure instinct of nature,Are led by kind t'admire your fellow-creature.
Tender
A railroad car attached to the rear of a locomotive and designed to carry fuel and water.
Kind
Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind.
Every kind of beasts, and of birds.
She follows the law of her kind.
Here to sow the seed of bread,That man and all the kinds be fed.
Tender
Sensitive or painful to the touch.
Kind
Sort; type; class; nature; style; character; fashion; manner; variety; description; as, there are several kinds of eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of government; various kinds of soil, etc.
How diversely Love doth his pageants play,And snows his power in variable kinds !
There is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was the matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not rich men philosophers?
Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn.
Tender
Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
Tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit
Kind
To beget.
Tender
Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
Kind
A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;
Sculpture is a form of art
What kinds of desserts are there?
Tender
(of food) Soft and easily chewed.
Kind
Having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior;
Kind to sick patients
A kind master
Kind words showing understanding and sympathy
Thanked her for her kind letter
Tender
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
Kind
Liberal;
Kind words of praise
Tender
Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.
Kind
Conducive to comfort; beneficial;
The genial sunshine
A kind climate
Hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet
Tender
Young and inexperienced.
Kind
Expressing sympathy
Tender
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
Tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
Kind
Characterized by mercy, and compassion;
Compassionate toward disadvantaged people
Kind to animals
A humane judge
Tender
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
A tender subject
Kind
Agreeable;
A dry climate kind to asthmatics
Tender
(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
Kind
Helpful to other people;
Helping an old lady with her bundles was his kind deed for the day
Tender
(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
Kind
Tolerant and forgiving under provocation;
Our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke
Tender
(obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
Kind
Showing consideration and anticipation of needs;
It was thoughtful of you to bring flowers
A neighbor showed thoughtful attention
Tender
(obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.
Kind
Generously responsive;
Good-hearted but inept efforts to help
Take a kindly interest
A kindly gentleman
An openhearted gift to charity
Tender
The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
Tender
(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
Tender
(rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
Tender
(nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
Submarine tender
Destroyer tender
Tender
(nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
Tender
Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
You offer me the sword of my father, the very man whose bones, because of your perfidy, lie under the sod of Crecy. Aye, I'll surely take it, and just as surely you shall die with your tender through your heart!
Tender
A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.
Legal tender
Tender
(legal) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
We will submit our tender to you within the week.
Tender
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
Tender
Tenderly
Love me tender, love me sweet
Never let me go
Never let me go
Tender
To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
Tender
(archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
Tender
To work on a tender.
Tender
(formal) To offer, to give.
To tender one’s resignation
Tender
To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
Tender
One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.
Tender
A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.
Tender
A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.
Tender
An offer, either of money to pay a debt, or of service to be performed, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, which would be incurred by nonpayment or nonperformance; as, the tender of rent due, or of the amount of a note, with interest.
Tender
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance; as, a tender of a loan, of service, or of friendship; a tender of a bid for a contract.
A free, unlimited tender of the gospel.
Tender
The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation.
Tender
Regard; care; kind concern.
Tender
To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture; as, to tender the amount of rent or debt.
Tender
To offer in words; to present for acceptance.
You see how all conditions, how all minds, . . . tender downTheir services to Lord Timon.
Tender
To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.
For first, next after life, he tendered her good.
Tender yourself more dearly.
To see a prince in want would move a miser's charity. Our western princes tendered his case, which they counted might be their own.
Tender
Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.
Tender
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces.
Tender
Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
The tender and delicate woman among you.
Tender
Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.
Tender
Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
I love Valentine,Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!
Tender
Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; - with of.
The civil authority should be tender of the honor of God and religion.
Tender
Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.
You, that are thus so tender o'er his follies,Will never do him good.
Tender
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.
Tender
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject.
Tender
Heeling over too easily when under sail; - said of a vessel.
Tender
Something used as an official medium of payment
Tender
Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
Tender
A formal proposal to buy at a specified price
Tender
Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
Tender
A boat for communication between ship and shore
Tender
Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
Tender
Offer or present for acceptance
Tender
Propose a payment;
The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting
Tender
Make a tender of; in legal settlements
Tender
Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer;
Tenderize meat
Tender
Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality;
A tender heart
A tender smile
Tender loving care
Tender memories
A tender mother
Tender
Hurting;
The tender spot on his jaw
Tender
Susceptible to physical or emotional injury;
At a tender age
Tender
Having or displaying warmth or affection;
Affectionate children
Caring parents
A fond embrace
Fond of his nephew
A tender glance
A warm embrace
Tender
Easy to cut or chew;
Tender beef
Tender
Physically untoughened;
Tender feet
Tender
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Tender
(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition;
Tender green shoots