Vocab Tadka : Pamper vs Pander (Confusing Words)
Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Pamper & Pander.
PAMPER
| 1 | (v) | treat with excessive indulgence Type: ‘verb.social’ Usage: ‘grandparents often pamper the children’ Usage: ‘Let’s not mollycoddle our students!’ Synonym: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, spoil, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- Pamper your database ‘ crown jewels ‘ with hardware RAID.
- Luxury Leisure Breaks Why not treat your partner to a luxury pamper break.
- You can either choose the self-catering option or alternatively, pamper yourselves with our full catering package.
PANDER
| 1 | (n) | someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) Type: ‘noun.person’ Synonym: fancy man, pandar, panderer, pimp, ponce, procurer, |
| 1 | (v) | yield (to); give satisfaction to Type: ‘verb.consumption’ Synonym: gratify, indulge, |
| 2 | (v) | arrange for sexual partners for others Type: ‘verb.consumption’ Synonym: pimp, procure, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- From his ascetic standpoint the revocation of the edict could only pander to drunkenness and immorality.
- He encouraged the amour between the Trojan prince and his niece Cressida; and the word “pander” has passed into modern language as the common title of a lovers’ go-between in the worst sense.
- Did Christ pander to all their fleshly lusts to see with their eyes rather than to have faith?
How to Remember : pan(porn) and pander sounds like render…one who renders (give or cater) something porn.
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