different between nor vs yet

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation): enPR: nô, IPA^(key): /n??/
• (US) enPR: nôr, IPA^(key): /n???/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Homophone: gnaw (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.

Conjunction

nor

1. (literary) And not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
   • Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself.

   • 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman

     And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it […]

   • 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

     Water, water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink.

2. A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.

3. Used to introduce a further negative statement.

4. (Britain, dialect) Than.

Translations

See also

• neither

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or

Noun

nor (plural nors)

1. (logic, electronics) Alternative form of NOR

See also

• and
• nand
• or
• xor

Anagrams

• NRO, RON, Ron, orn, ron

Aromanian

Noun

nor

1. Alternative form of norã

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nor/, [nor], [no?]

Etymology 1

Pronoun

nor

1. (interrogative) who

Declension

Etymology 2

From the interrogative pronoun.

Adjective

nor (not comparable)

1. (grammatical term, used as a modifier) (of a verb) intransitive without a dative argument

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nor]

Noun

nor f

1. genitive plural of nora

Dutch

Etymology

Unclear, perhaps onomatopoeic, cf. brommen (“to do time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?r/
• Hyphenation: nor
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

nor (only as singular, with definite article: de nor)

1. (informal) Jail, prison; imprisonment

   Synonyms: bajes, bak, gevangenis, lik

Norman

Alternative forms

• nord (continental Normandy, Guernsey, Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French norht, north, nort (“north”), from Old English norþ (“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþr? (“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Noun

nor m (uncountable)

1. (Sark) north

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?r/

Noun

nor f

1. genitive plural of nora

Romanian

Alternative forms

• nour (regional, Moldova)
• noor (regional, Oltenia),
• nuor, nuv?r (regional, Banat)
• nuar (archaic, obsolete)

Etymology

From older nuar, nu?r, from Latin n?bilum, noun use of the neuter of the adjective n?bilus (“cloudy”), from Latin n?b?s, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newd?- (“to cover”). Compare Aromanian nior,Spanish nube,Italian nuvola, Friulian nûl, Portuguese nuvem, Catalan núvol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nor]

Noun

nor m (plural nori)

1. cloud

Declension

Derived terms

• (a se) înnora
• noros

Slovene

Etymology

From German Narr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??r/

Adjective

n?r (comparative b?lj n?r, superlative n?jbolj n?r)

1. crazy, insane, mad

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

• “nor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

nor

1. narrow strait

Anagrams

• ron

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish nuora.

Noun

nor

1. string

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /j?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English yet, yit, from Old English ??et, g?ta, from Proto-Germanic *juta (compare West Frisian jit, jitte (“yet”), Dutch ooit (“ever”), German jetzt (“now”)), compound of (1) *ju (“ever”, adverb) (see aye), from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-, accusative of *h?óyu (“long time”) and (2) the Proto-Germanic *ta (“to,towards”) , from Proto-Indo-European *do. More at aye and -th.

Adverb

yet (not comparable)

1. (usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time; still

2. Continuously up to the current time; still.
   • 1730, Joseph Addison, The Evidences Of The Christian Religion

     facts they had heard while they were yet heathens

3. At some future time; eventually; still.

4. (after certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.

5. In addition.

6. (degree) Even.

Synonyms

• (up to some specified time): erenow, so far, to date; see also Thesaurus:hitherto or Thesaurus:formerly
• (continuously up to the current time): even now, still
• (at some future time): at last, in time, sooner or later; see also Thesaurus:eventually or Thesaurus:subsequently
• (not at the time referenced): still
• (in addition): besides, further, moreover; see also Thesaurus:additionally
• (even): still

Derived terms

• not yet

Translations

References

Conjunction

yet

1. Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

   • Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

Synonyms

• be that as it may, even so, withal; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless

Derived terms

• as yet

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English yeten, from Old English ??otan (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Germanic *geutan? (“to flow, pour”), from Proto-Indo-European *??ewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots yat (“to yet”), West Frisian jitte (“to scatter, shed, pour”), Dutch gieten (“to pour, cast, mould”), German gießen (“to pour, cast, mould”), Swedish gjuta (“to pour, cast”). More at yote.

Alternative forms

• yit
• yete (obsolete)

Verb

yet (third-person singular simple present yets, present participle yetting, simple past and past participle yetted or yet)

1. (dialectal) To melt; found; cast, as metal.

Noun

yet (plural yets)

1. (dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

Etymology 3

From Middle English yeten, ?eten, from Old English ?ietan.

Verb

yet (third-person singular simple present yets, present participle yetting, simple past yot, past participle yotten)

1. (nonstandard, West Country) To get.

Anagrams

• -ety, Tye, ety, t'ye, tey, tye

Cahuilla

Noun

yét

1. female (animal)

Scots

Etymology

From Old English ??et, g?ta, from Proto-Germanic *juta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j?t], [j?t]

Adverb

yet (not comparable)

1. yet, up to now, now as before, at present, still

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English yet.

Adverb

yet

1. still
2. already
3. yet