different between yet vs too

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English t? (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition t? (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix t?- (“apart”)). Doublet of to, which see for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tu?/, [t?u??], enPR: to?o
• (US) IPA^(key): /tu/, [t?u?], enPR: to?o
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophones: two, to

Adverb

too (not comparable)

1. (focus) Likewise.
2. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
3. (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
4. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.

5. (affirmation, colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion.

Usage notes

• When used in their senses as degree adverbs, very and too never modify verbs; very much and too much do instead.

Synonyms

• (likewise, also): as well, along with, eke (obsolete)
• (over, more than enough): excessively, extremely, overmuch, unnecessarily

Translations

See also

• too too

Anagrams

• OTO, OoT, Oto, oot, oto, oto-

Acholi

Noun

too

1. fox

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to?/

Determiner

tóo

1. that, those (feminine)

See also

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Determiner

too n

1. neuter singular of tou

Galice

Noun

too

1. water

References

• Harry Hoijer, Galice Athapaskan: A Grammatical Sketch, International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 32:4 (October 1966), pages 320-327

Hiligaynon

Adjective

toó

1. dexter, right

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *too, from Proto-Uralic *to. Cognates include Finnish tuo and Estonian too.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?to?/

Pronoun

too

1. that

Determiner

too

1. that

Declension

See also

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) I?oran Keelen Grammatikka?^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 594
• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[4], page 18
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: ??????? ?? ????????? ??????^[5], ?ISBN, pages 13-14

Karao

Noun

too

1. person

Komba

Noun

too

1. water

References

• Neville et Gwyneth Southwell, Komba dictionary, page 37, 1969

Koyukon

Noun

too

1. water
   • (Can we date this quote?), Melissa Axelrod, The semantic of time. Aspectual Categorization in Koyukon Athabaskan, page 167 (Extrait de l’histoire traditionnelle : Tobaan Etseh)

     "Tsook?aa?, nelo too gheebenee?" ye?nee.

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?to?/

Noun

too

1. (intransitive) to rise

References

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin, ?ISBN, page 29

Sekani

Alternative forms

• choo (in some other dialects)

Noun

too

1. (Kwadacha dialect) water

References

• Sharon Hargus, Documenting for revitalization: Kwadacha Tsek'ene, a case study (2014)