different between harder vs yarder

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 yard +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)

Noun

yarder (plural yarders)

1. (forestry) A motor-driven logging machine which transports logs by means of a system of cables and winches.
2. (in combination) Something that is a stated number of yards in some dimension.
   • 2014, Richard Gibson, "West Ham’s Enner Valencia makes mark as points are shared with Hull", The Guardian, 15 September 2014:

     His 25-yarder was sandwiched by classy finishes from Hull’s debutants Abel Hernández and Mohamed Diamé before a howler from the goalkeeper Allan McGregor resulted in a Curtis Davies own goal.

Derived terms

• grapple yarder
• mobile yarder

See also

• footer
• yarder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ardrey, Drayer, dreary, yarred