tender-gentle

[ziawj2]

Usually tender is used to describe women, while gentle is used to describe men. So we prefer saying Mom is tender instead of gentle.

Is that right?

 

[Barb_D]

No, I can't agree with that at all.

Tender might be more often used to describe someone's disposition and gentle might be used to describe how something was done: a tender disposition, a gentle touch.

They don't have genders associated with them.