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Bounder vs Pounder - What's the difference?

bounder | pounder |

As nouns the difference between bounder and pounder

is that bounder is something that bounds or jumps while pounder is a vessel in which something is pounded, or something used in pounding or pounder can be (only in combination) a gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot.

bounder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that bounds or jumps.
  • (UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.
  • A social climber.
  • That which limits; a boundary.
  • (UK, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet

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    pounder

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel in which something is pounded, or something used in pounding

    • See also

    * mortar and pestle

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (only in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot
  • (only in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds
    • Derived terms
    * quarter-pounder

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    * English senses used only in hyphenated compounds