Blander vs Blonder - What's the difference?
blander | blonder |
(bland)
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Mixture; union.
An agreeable summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
*1818 , (John Keats), Sonnet :
*:Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland , invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
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Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
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(blond)
(blonde)
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A person of fair hair.
A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially as a hair color.
Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
* 1914 , in the American Anthropologist :
:* {{quote-magazine, year=2011, month=Feb, title=Beauty Confessions, volume=216, issue=2, page=60, magazine=Redbook, passage=If you're going one or two shades lighter, don't even touch your brows. But if you're making a big change, soften them by tinting them with home haircolor: a lighter shade of brown for blonder shades, a golden shade if you're dyeing your hair red.
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(of a, person) Having blond hair.
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As adjectives the difference between blander and blonder
is that blander is (bland) while blonder is (blond).blander
English
Adjective
(head)bland
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) blanden, blonden, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) bland, from (etyl) bland, .Alternative forms
* (Scotland)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
*Etymology 3
Ultimately from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)References
* ----blonder
English
Adjective
(head)blond
English
(wikipedia blond)Alternative forms
* blondeNoun
(en noun)Usage notes
*This word can vary according to gender, with "blond" being used of males and "blonde" of females, following French usage. * Some writers, especially in the US, treat the spellings as interchangeable or use blond gender-neutrally. * Traditional terms for light hair are "fair(-haired]])''", "''fairheaded''", "''flaxen''", "''tow-haired''", and "''towhead([[towheaded, ed) ".Adjective
(en-adj)- blond hair
- blonde''' ale''; '''''blonde beer
- She has a blond complexion, with brown hair and gray eyes.
