different between hardener vs gardener

English

Etymology

harden +? -er

Noun

hardener (plural hardeners)

1. One who, or that which, hardens.

   the hardener of hearts

2. A chemical substance added to something in order to harden it; used especially with paints, varnishes and resins.

Anagrams

• reharden

English

Etymology

From Middle English gardener, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French gardinier. See garden.

Displaced native Old English wyrtweard.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????dn??/, /????dn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????dn??/, /????dn?/
• Hyphenation: gar?den?er

Noun

gardener (plural gardeners)

1. One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.

Translations

Anagrams

• deranger, garnered, rangered

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gardenere, gardyner, gardynere, gardiner, garthener, garthynere

Etymology

From Old Northern French gardinier; equivalent to gardyn +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ar?din?r(?)/, /??ard?n?r(?)/

Noun

gardener (plural gardineris)

1. gardener (one who tends a garden)
2. (figuratively) A tender of one's heart.

Descendants

• English: gardener
• Scots: gairdener, gairdner, gairner

References

• “gardiner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.