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Fond vs Kinda - What's the difference?

fond | kinda |

As nouns the difference between fond and kinda

is that fond is the background design in lace-making while kinda is a subspecies of baboon, , primarily found in angola, the democratic republic of the congo, zambia, and possibly western tanzania.

As an adjective fond

is (chiefly|with of) having a liking or affection (for).

As a verb fond

is (obsolete) to have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.

As an adverb kinda is

(colloquial) kind of; somewhat.

As a contraction kinda is

(colloquial) kind of.

As an interjection kinda is

yes in some respects but no in other respects.

fond

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (chiefly, with of) Having a liking or affection (for).
  • * Shakespeare
    • more fond on her than she upon her love
  • * Irving
    • a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures
  • .
    • a fond farewell
    a fond mother or wife
  • .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”}}
    I have fond grandparents who spoil me.
  • ; foolish; silly.
    • Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.
  • (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Grant I may never prove so fond / To trust man on his oath or bond.
  • (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
  • * Byron
    • Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * fondly * fondness * overfond

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The background design in lace-making.
  • (cooking) brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.
    • He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
  • (obsolete) To caress; to fondle.
  • * Dryden
    • The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

    kinda

    English

    Etymology 1

    Written form of a of "kind of"

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) kind of; somewhat
    • I kinda hafta do this right now.
    That's kinda funny.
  • *{{quote-magazine
    • , date=12 , year=1912 , month=October , first= Courtney Ryley , last=Cooper , author= , coauthors= , title=Somewhere Safe to Sea , volume=50 , issue= , page=18 , magazine=Collier's , publisher=Crowell-Collier Publishing Company , issn= v=onepage&q=collier's%20kinda%20soft&f=false'>citation , passage=But when I spoke about it he just smiled and shook his head, and started whistling to himself kinda soft. }}
  • * 2006 , Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent, Same Kind of Different As Me , page 13,
    • In those days, flour sacks was kinda purty. They might come printed up with flowers on em, or birds.
  • * 2010 , Eric Anthony Galvez DPT CSCS, Reversal: When a Therapist Becomes a Patient , page 37,
    • The facial expression on my mask kinda looks like Han Solo in the carbonite...

    Contraction

  • (colloquial) kind of.
  • * 2008 , Jacob Curtis, The Song Itself: A Gnostic Remembrance , page 68,
    • What kinda music do ya want ta play? Do ya want volume or somethin' more subtle?

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Yes in some respects but no in other respects.

    • Etymology 2

    After the town of Kinda, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (kinda baboon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subspecies of baboon, , primarily found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly western Tanzania.
  • * 2006 , , Volume 212, Issues 4-6, page 18,
    • In the wild, when a baboon called a kinda pairs with a chacma or yellow baboon, their progeny is still a baboon — but it's a hybrid of interest to Society grantees Jane Phillips-Conroy and Clifford Jolly, who are tracking gene flow in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park.

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