Venter vs Tenter - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between venter and tenter

is that venter is a vendor while tenter is a framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.

to stretch cloth on such a framework.

Cognate with (etyl) venter.

(en noun)

(obsolete) A vendor.

From (etyl) .

(en noun)

A woman with offspring

(anatomy) A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:

# the belly

# an abdomen

A broad, shallow concavity, notably of a bone

(vent).

(en noun)

One who vents, who is vocal about feelings or problems.

* 2006 , David Laton, Developing Positive Workplace Skills and Attitudes (page 72)

Venters suffer interpersonally as others avoid their outburst, they become isolated and alone which may result in more venting.

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(wikipedia tenter)

(en noun)

A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.

One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

(engineering) A kind of governor, or regulating device.

(en verb)

To stretch cloth on such a framework.

To admit extension; to be stretchable.

* Francis Bacon

Woollen cloth will tenter , linen scarcely.

* tenterhook

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