different between harder vs hadder

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English hader, hather, heddre, from Old English *h?ddre, a variant of h?þ (“heath; heather”). More at heath, heather.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæd?(?)/

Noun

hadder (countable and uncountable, plural hadders)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) heather; heath

Middle Dutch

Contraction

hadder

1. Contraction of hadde d?er.