The difference between Proposal and Tender
When used as nouns, proposal means something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance a scheme or design the terms or conditions proposed the document on which such a thing is written. the act of asking someone to be one's spouse, whereas tender means care, kind concern, regard.
Tender is also verb with the meaning: to make tender or delicate.
Tender is also adjective with the meaning: sensitive or painful to the touch.
check bellow for the other definitions of Proposal and Tender
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Proposal as a noun (legal):
Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance A scheme or design The terms or conditions proposed The document on which such a thing is written. The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
Examples:
"usex proposals for the construction of a new building"
"usex to make proposals for a treaty of peace"
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Tender as an adjective:
Sensitive or painful to the touch.
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Tender as an adjective:
Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
Examples:
"'tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit"
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Tender as an adjective:
Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
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Tender as an adjective (of food):
Soft and easily chewed.
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Tender as an adjective:
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
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Tender as an adjective:
Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
Examples:
"Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children."
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Tender as an adjective:
Young and inexperienced.
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Tender as an adjective:
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
Examples:
"'tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain"
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Tender as an adjective:
Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
Examples:
"a tender subject"
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Tender as an adjective (nautical):
Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
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Tender as an adjective (obsolete):
Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
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Tender as an adjective (obsolete):
Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
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Tender as a noun (obsolete):
Care, kind concern, regard.
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Tender as a noun:
The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
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Tender as a verb (now, _, rare):
To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
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Tender as a verb:
To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
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Tender as a noun (obsolete):
Someone who tends or waits on someone.
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Tender as a noun (rail transport):
A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
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Tender as a noun (nautical):
A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
Examples:
"submarine tender'"
"destroyer tender'"
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Tender as a noun (nautical):
A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
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Tender as a verb:
To work on a tender.
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Tender as a noun:
A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
Examples:
"Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash."
"[[legal tender]]"
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Tender as a noun (legal):
A formal offer to buy or sell something.
Examples:
"We will submit our tender to you within the week."
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Tender as a noun:
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
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Tender as a verb (formal):
To offer, to give.
Examples:
"to tender one’s resignation"
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Tender as a verb:
to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.