different between ponder vs ponderable

English

Etymology

From Middle English ponderen, from Old French ponderer (“to weigh, balance, ponder”) from Latin ponderare (“to weigh, ponder”), from pondus (“weight”), from pendere (“to weigh”); see pendent and pound.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?n.d?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Verb

ponder (third-person singular simple present ponders, present participle pondering, simple past and past participle pondered)

1. To wonder, think of deeply.
2. To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly.

   Synonyms: chew over, mull over; see also Thesaurus:ponder
3. (obsolete) To weigh.

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Translations

Noun

ponder (plural ponders)

1. (colloquial) A period of deep thought.

Further reading

• ponder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ponder in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Penrod, proned

English

Etymology

From ponder +? -able.

Adjective

ponderable (comparative more ponderable, superlative most ponderable)

1. (physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
2. Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
3. (rare) Heavy; ponderous.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 77:

     The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.

Synonyms

• (having mass): massive
• (worthy of note): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
• (heavy, ponderous): hefty, massive, weighty

Related terms

• ponder
• ponderous

Spanish

Adjective

ponderable (plural ponderables)

1. ponderable, notable