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Nice vs. Tender — What's the Difference?

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Nice

Nice ( NEESS, French: [nis]; Nissard Occitan: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard, pronounced [ˈnisa]; Italian: Nizza [ˈnittsa]; Ancient Greek: Νίκαια; Latin: Nicaea) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi).

Tender

Showing gentleness, kindness, and affection
She covered his face with tender kisses
He was being so kind and tender

Nice

Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive
We had a very nice time

Tender

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

Nice

(especially of a difference) slight or subtle
There is a nice distinction between self-sacrifice and martyrdom
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Tender

(of a part of the body) sensitive to pain
The pale, tender skin of her forearm

Nice

Fastidious; scrupulous.

Tender

Young, inexperienced, or vulnerable
He started sailing at the tender age of ten

Nice

A resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007).

Tender

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

Nice

Pleasing and agreeable in nature
Had a nice time.
A nice person.

Tender

Offer or present (something) formally
He tendered his resignation as leader

Nice

Having a pleasant or attractive appearance
A nice dress.
A nice face.

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

Nice

Exhibiting courtesy and politeness
A nice gesture.

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

Nice

Of good character and reputation; respectable.

Tender

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

Nice

Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.

Tender

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

Nice

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle
A nice distinction.
A nice sense of style.

Tender

A person who looks after someone else or a machine or place
Alexei signalled to one of the engine tenders

Nice

Done with delicacy and skill
A nice bit of craft.

Tender

Easily crushed or bruised; fragile
A tender petal.

Nice

Used as an intensive with and
Nice and warm.

Tender

Easily chewed or cut
Tender beef.

Nice

Wanton; profligate
"For when mine hours / Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives / Of me for jests" (Shakespeare).

Tender

Young and vulnerable
Of tender age.

Nice

Affectedly modest; coy
"Ere ... / The nice Morn on th' Indian steep, / From her cabin'd loop-hole peep" (John Milton).

Tender

Frail; delicate.

Nice

Pleasant, satisfactory.

Tender

Sensitive to frost or severe cold; not hardy
Tender green shoots.

Nice

Of a person: friendly, attractive.

Tender

Easily hurt; sensitive
Tender skin.

Nice

Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?

Tender

Painful; sore
A tender tooth.

Nice

Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
The soup is nice and hot.

Tender

Considerate and protective; solicitous
A tender mother.
His tender concern.

Nice

Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
A nice way of putting it

Tender

Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving
A tender glance.
A tender ballad.

Nice

(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.

Tender

Given to sympathy or sentimentality; soft
A tender heart.

Nice

Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.

Tender

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

Nice

(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.

Tender

To make tender.

Nice

(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

Tender

To offer formally
Tender a letter of resignation.

Nice

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

Tender

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

Nice

(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

Tender

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

Nice

(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

Tender

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

Nice

(colloquial) Nicely.
Children, play nice.
He dresses real nice.

Tender

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

Nice

Used to signify a job well done.
Nice! I couldn't have done better.

Tender

Something, especially money, offered in payment.

Nice

Used to signify approval.
Is that your new car? Nice!

Tender

One who tends something
A lathe tender.

Nice

Niceness.

Tender

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

Nice

To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Tender

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

Nice

Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.

Tender

Sensitive or painful to the touch.

Nice

Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.
The letter was not nice, but full of chargeOf dear import.

Tender

Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
Tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit

Nice

Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
Curious not knowing, not exact but nice.
And to tasteThink not I shall be nice.

Tender

Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

Nice

Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
Dear love, continue nice and chaste.
A nice and subtile happiness.

Tender

(of food) Soft and easily chewed.

Nice

Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.

Tender

Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.

Nice

Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
The difference is too niceWhere ends the virtue, or begins the vice.

Tender

Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.

Nice

Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.

Tender

Young and inexperienced.

Nice

Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.

Tender

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

Nice

Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.
He's making a list, checking it twice.Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town.

Tender

Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
A tender subject

Nice

A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

Tender

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

Nice

Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;
What a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty
Nice manners
A nice dress
A nice face
A nice day
Had a nice time at the party
The corn and tomatoes are nice today

Tender

(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.

Nice

Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
From a decent family
A nice girl

Tender

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

Nice

Done with delicacy and skill;
A nice bit of craft
A job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer
A nice shot

Tender

(obsolete) Care, kind concern, regard.

Nice

Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;
Too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow

Tender

The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

Nice

Noting distinctions with nicety;
A discriminating interior designer
A nice sense of color
A nice point in the argument

Tender

(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.

Nice

Exhibiting courtesy and politeness;
A nice gesture

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

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

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