tender vs rough: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: tender or rough

How to spell tender?

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tendernoun

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

tendernoun

something that can be used as an official medium of payment

tendernoun

a boat for communication between ship and shore

tenderadjective

physically untoughened

tenderverb

propose a payment

tenderadjective

hurting

tendernoun

a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

tenderverb

make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

tenderadjective

having or displaying warmth or affection

tenderadjective

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

tendernoun

ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

tendernoun

car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

tenderadjective

easy to cut or chew

tenderadjective

given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

tenderverb

make a tender of; in legal settlements

tenderverb

offer or present for acceptance

tenderadjective

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

tenderadjective

young and immature

roughadjective

unpleasantly stern

roughadjective

violently agitated and turbulent

roughadjective

ready and able to resort to force or violence

roughadjective

not shaped by cutting or trimming

roughverb

with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

roughadjective

not carefully or expertly made

roughadjective

unkind or cruel or uncivil

roughadjective

unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

roughadjective

full of hardship or trials

roughverb

with rough motion as over a rough surface

roughadjective

having or caused by an irregular surface

roughverb

prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

roughadjective

not quite exact or correct

roughadjective

causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

roughadjective

not perfected

roughadjective

(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

roughadjective

of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

roughnoun

the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

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