gratify vs pander what difference
what is difference between gratify and pander
English
Etymology
From French gratifier, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/
- Hyphenation: grat‧i‧fy
Verb
gratify (third-person singular simple present gratifies, present participle gratifying, simple past and past participle gratified)
- (transitive) To please.
- (transitive) To make content; to satisfy.
Synonyms
- gladden
Antonyms
- (please): anger, disquiet, fluster
Derived terms
- gratification
- gratifying
Translations
Further reading
- gratify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- gratify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
English
Alternative forms
- pandar
Etymology
From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde) (see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpændə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpændɚ/
- (non-rhotic accents) Homophone: panda
Noun
pander (plural panders)
- A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
- Synonyms: panderer; see also Thesaurus:pimp
- 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190:
- It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders.
- An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
- An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
- (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
- Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord
Derived terms
- panderly
- pandersome
Translations
Verb
pander (third-person singular simple present panders, present participle pandering, simple past and past participle pandered)
- (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.
- (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
- (transitive, obsolete) To act as a pander for (somebody).
Synonyms
- (to pimp): prostitute, hustle, whore out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
Derived terms
- panderer
See also
- demagogism
Translations
Anagrams
- repand
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpanə/, [ˈpʰanə]
Noun
pander c
- indefinite plural of pande
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpan.der/, [ˈpän̪d̪ɛɾ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpan.der/, [ˈpɑn̪d̪ɛr]
Verb
pander
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pandō