different between hander vs harder

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hænd?(?)/
• Rhymes: -ænd?(r)

Etymology 1

hand (verb) +? -er

Noun

hander (plural handers)

1. One who hands over or transmits; a conveyor in succession
   • 1682, John Dryden, Religio Laici

     Of that vast Frame, the Church; yet grant they were
     The handers down, can they from thence infer
     A right t'interpret?

Translations

Etymology 2

hand (noun) +? -er

Noun

hander (plural handers)

1. (in combinations) Something having, using, or requiring, a certain hand, or number of hands
2. (archaic, slang) A blow on the hand as punishment.
   • 1959, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Lords official report (page 507)

     I got six "handers", and it hurt. It taught me my lesson, and I never slid down the banisters again.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Harden, Harned, Hendra, harden

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: härd??r, IPA^(key): /?h????/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: häd??, IPA^(key): /h??d?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)
• Hyphenation: hard?er

Etymology 1

hard +? -er

Adjective

harder

1. comparative form of hard: more hard

   He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder.

   Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans haarder (“mullet”).

Noun

harder (plural harders)

1. Alternative spelling of haarder

Anagrams

• Harred, Herard

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???r.d?r/
• Hyphenation: har?der
• Rhymes: -?rd?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch harder. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

harder m (plural harders)

1. A mullet, fish of the family Mugilidae.
2. A flathead mullet, flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: harder

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

harder

1. Comparative form of hard

French

Verb

harder

1. To harness together (hunting dogs etc)

Conjugation