Difference between Fondness and Tenderness

FONDNESS vs TENDERNESS: NOUN

A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
A positive feeling of liking
The state or character of being fond.
Foolish tenderness; tender passion; strong or demonstrative affection.
Strong inclination, propensity, or appetite.
Synonyms Attachment, Affection, etc. (see love); partiality, inclination, propensity.
The quality or state of being fond; foolishness.
Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish.
The quality of being fond
A predisposition to like something

Warm compassionate feelings
A pain that is felt when the area is touched
A feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
A positive feeling of liking
The state or character of being tender, in any sense.
The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).
A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
Concern for the feelings or welfare of others
Pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
A tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

Liking, Love, Preference, Predilection, Affinity, Penchant, Lovingness, Affectionateness, Heart, Warmheartedness, Fancy, Tenderness, Partiality, Warmth, Affection

Sensibility, Sensitiveness, Pain, Warmth, Sweetness, Affectionateness, Softheartedness, Tenderheartedness, Warmheartedness, Heart, Fondness, Irritation, Soreness, Discomfort, Affection

Inclination, Favorite, Pleasure, Propensity, Liking, Love, Preference, Predilection, Lovingness, Heart, Fancy, Tenderness, Partiality, Warmth, Affection

Sensitive, Love, Kindness, Sensibility, Pain, Warmth, Sweetness, Tenderheartedness, Softheartedness, Heart, Fondness, Irritation, Soreness, Discomfort, Affection

Techniquetransverse process are both palpated through overlying muscular layers, and tenderness in these structures must be differentiated from tenderness in overlying soft tissues.
The physical examination most likely will elicit tachycardia, lower abdominal and adnexal tenderness, cervical motion tenderness, and possibly an adnexal mass.
On exam, the patient had mild right occipital tenderness to palpation, with no midline spinal tenderness and no neurologic deficits.
Hollis stated that Keck had no significant tenderness in his lumbar spine and mild tenderness in the right buttock.
Right elbow exam showed lateral epicondyle tenderness but no joint tenderness, no swelling, normal flexion and extension.
Athletic trainers may find it helpful to measure the extent of proximal tenderness by using a tenderness measurement.
On examination she is afebrile and has cervical motion tenderness but no adnexal tenderness or masses.
Rebound tenderness refers to a particular form of tenderness associated with peritoneal irritation.
Check for enlargement or tenderness of the adnexa and cervical motion tenderness.
She had generalized abdominal tenderness in all quadrants and bilateral CVA tenderness.