Nice vs. Tender — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nice and Tender
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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).
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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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(of a part of the body) sensitive to pain
The pale, tender skin of her forearm
Nice
Fastidious; scrupulous.
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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).
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(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.
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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.
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Easily crushed or bruised; fragile
A tender petal.
Nice
Used as an intensive with and
Nice and warm.
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Easily chewed or cut
Tender beef.
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Wanton; profligate
"For when mine hours / Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives / Of me for jests" (Shakespeare).
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Young and vulnerable
Of tender age.
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Affectedly modest; coy
"Ere ... / The nice Morn on th' Indian steep, / From her cabin'd loop-hole peep" (John Milton).
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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.
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Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
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Painful; sore
A tender tooth.
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Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
The soup is nice and hot.
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Considerate and protective; solicitous
A tender mother.
His tender concern.
Nice
Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
A nice way of putting it
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Characterized by or expressing gentle emotions; loving
A tender glance.
A tender ballad.
Nice
(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
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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.
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(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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
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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.
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Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate.
The tender and delicate woman among you.
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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
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Hurting;
The tender spot on his jaw
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Susceptible to physical or emotional injury;
At a tender age
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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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