different between distender vs distended

English

Etymology

distend +? -er

Noun

distender (plural distenders)

1. One who, or that which, distends.
   • 2005, Robert Barr, In the Midst of Alarms (page 28)

     Crinoline was fashionable, even in the country, in those days, and ribs of cane were used before the metallic distenders of dresses came in.

Anagrams

• dendrites

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distendere, present active infinitive of distend?.

Verb

distender (first-person singular present distiendo, first-person singular preterite distendí, past participle distendido)

1. (transitive) to stretch, to distend

Conjugation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??st?nd?d/
• Hyphenation: dis?tend?ed
• Rhymes: -?nd?d

Adjective

distended (comparative more distended, superlative most distended)

1. Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.
2. (biology) gravid.

Translations

Verb

distended

1. simple past tense and past participle of distend

Spanish

Verb

distended

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of distender.