different between yonder vs conder

English

Alternative forms

• younder (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English yonder, yondre, ?ondre, ?endre, from Old English ?eonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ?eond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ?ondir (“yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (jaindr?, “thither”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?j?nd?(?)/
• (US) IPA: /?j?nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Adverb

yonder (not comparable)

1. (archaic or dialect) At or in a distant but indicated place.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene i, l. 149:

     See who yonder is.

   • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there."

2. (archaic or dialect) Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.
   • 1535, Bible (Coverdale), Genesis, 22:

     As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder.

Synonyms

• (all senses): there, over there, away there

Derived terms

• here and yonder, hither and yonder

Translations

Adjective

yonder (comparative more yonder, superlative most yonder)

1. (archaic or dialect, with "the") The farther, the more distant of two choices.

Synonyms

• see farther

Determiner

yonder

1. (archaic or dialect, as an adjective) Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Romeo and Iuliet (First Folio), Act II, Scene ii:

     But ?oft, what light through yonder window breaks?
     It is the Ea?t, and Iuliet is the Sunne...

   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part II, chapter 2:

     Fire, the Sword, and Plague? They may all be found in the yonder city; on my head alone may they fall?

2. (archaic or dialect, as a pronoun) One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.

Synonyms

• (distant but within sight): yon

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

yonder (plural yonders)

1. (literary) The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.
   • 1939, Robert MacArthur Crawford, "Army Air Corps:"

     Off we go in to the wild blue yonder,
     Climbing high into the sun...

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• yon
• beyond

References

• “yonder, adv., adj., pron., & n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1921

Anagrams

• Dorney, Rodney, droney

English

Etymology

cond +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Noun

conder (plural conders)

1. One who watches shoals of fish so that they can be caught; a balker.

Anagrams

• Codner, corned, recond