Yore vs Dither - What's the difference?
yore | dither |
(poetic) time long past
(obsolete) In time long past; long ago.
* Spenser
The state of being undecided.
* 2002 , Thomas P. Glynn, A Child's Christmas In Chicago , page 59:
*:Everyone was in a dither'''; either in it or about to get in it or just climbing out of it. Naturally, the Madam was not in a '''dither'''. '''Dither was a foreign concept to her.
A form of noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data
(obsolete) To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
*1913 ,
*:Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.
To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
*2012 , The Economist, Sept. 22nd issue, ''
*:The dithering Mr Singh of recent times may worry that his reform proposals are already too bold. The reforming Mr Singh of yore would see them as just the start.
To do something nervously.
(computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.
As nouns the difference between yore and dither
is that yore is area while dither is the state of being undecided.As a verb dither is
(obsolete) to tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.yore
English
Noun
(-)- This word comes from the days of yore .
Usage notes
A ; not used outside the phrase (of yore), especially the idiom days of yore.Adverb
(-)- Which though he hath polluted oft and yore , / Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.
Anagrams
*dither
English
Noun
(-)Verb
(en verb)Indian Reform: At Last