Blunder vs Blonder - What's the difference?
blunder | blonder |
To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
To move blindly or clumsily.
* Goldsmith
* Dryden
To cause to make a mistake.
* Ditton
To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
* Stillingfleet
(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 :
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(of a, person) Having blond hair.
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As a noun blunder
is a clumsy or embarrassing mistake.As a verb blunder
is to make a clumsy or stupid mistake.As an adjective blonder is
comparative of blond.blunder
English
(wikipedia blunder)Synonyms
* (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinkoVerb
(en verb)- to blunder in preparing a medical prescription
- I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.
- blunders on, and staggers every pace
- To blunder an adversary.
- He blunders and confounds all these together.
Anagrams
* ----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.