Fond vs. Tender — What's the Difference?

In the culinary arts, fond is a contraction of fonds de cuisine which is loosely described as "the foundation and working capital of the kitchen". It refers to a flavorful liquid that is used as foundation (fondation in French, hence the abbreviation fond) for other preparations, such as stocks, broths, gravies and sauces.

Showing gentleness, kindness, and affection

Having a strong liking, inclination, or affection

(of food) easy to cut or chew; not tough

Affectionate; tender

(of a part of the body) sensitive to pain

Immoderately affectionate or indulgent; doting

Young, inexperienced, or vulnerable

Cherished; dear

(of a ship) leaning or readily inclined to roll in response to the wind.

(Archaic) Naively credulous or foolish.

Offer or present (something) formally

The background of a design in lace.

An offer to carry out work, supply goods, or buy land, shares, or another asset at a stated fixed price

Having a liking or affection (for).

A vehicle used by a fire service for carrying specified supplies or equipment or fulfilling a specified role

Affectionate.

A dinghy or other boat used to ferry people and supplies to and from a ship.

Indulgent.

A trailing vehicle closely coupled to a steam locomotive to carry fuel and water.

Outlandish; foolish; silly.

A person who looks after someone else or a machine or place

(obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.

Easily crushed or bruised; fragile

(obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.

Easily chewed or cut

(obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.

Young and vulnerable

(obsolete) To caress; to fondle.

Frail; delicate.

The background design in lace-making.

Sensitive to frost or severe cold; not hardy

(cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.

Easily hurt; sensitive

(information science) A group of records having shared provenance.

Painful; sore

(obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.

Considerate and protective; solicitous

(obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.

Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving

Foolish; silly; simple; weak.

Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft

Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.

(Nautical) Likely to heel easily under sail; crank.

Affectionate; loving; tender; - in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife.

To make tender.

Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; - followed by of (formerly also by on).

To offer formally

Doted on; regarded with affection.

(Law) To offer (payment or performance) pursuant to an obligation.

Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.

A strip of meat, usually chicken, often breaded, deep-fried, and served with a sauce.

To caress; to fondle.

(Law) An offer to pay the amount due under a debt or obligation.

To be fond; to dote.

A written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid.

Foundation; bottom; groundwork;

Something, especially money, offered in payment.

Fund, stock, or store.

One who tends something

Having or displaying warmth or affection;

(Nautical) A vessel attendant on other vessels, especially one that ferries supplies between ship and shore.

Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent;

A railroad car attached to the rear of a locomotive and designed to carry fuel and water.

Absurd or silly because unlikely;

Sensitive or painful to the touch.

(followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for;

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

Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

(of food) Soft and easily chewed.

Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.

Young and inexperienced.

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

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

(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.

(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

(obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.

(obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.

The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.

(rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

(nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.

(nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.

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

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

(legal) A formal offer to buy or sell something.

Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

Tenderly

To make tender or delicate; to weaken.

(archaic) To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.

To work on a tender.

(formal) To offer, to give.

To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like.

A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.

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.

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.

The thing offered; especially, money offered in payment of an obligation.

Regard; care; kind concern.

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.

To offer in words; to present for acceptance.

To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.

Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit.

Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.

Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.

Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

Careful to save inviolate, or not to injure; - with of.

Unwilling to cause pain; gentle; mild.

Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.

Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject.

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

Something used as an official medium of payment

Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

A formal proposal to buy at a specified price

Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

A boat for communication between ship and shore

Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

Offer or present for acceptance

Propose a payment;

Make a tender of; in legal settlements

Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer;

Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality;

Hurting;

Susceptible to physical or emotional injury;

Having or displaying warmth or affection;

Easy to cut or chew;

Physically untoughened;

(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition;