Gander vs Dander - What's the difference?
gander | dander |
A male goose.
* 1916 , Blanche Fisher Wright, The Original Mother Goose
A fool, simpleton
A glance, look.
Dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.
Hair follicles and dead skin shed from mammals.
Allergen particles that accumulate on and may be shed from the skin and fur of domestic animals, especially from household pets such as cats and dogs.
(slang) Passion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
To wander about.
* , Episode 16
To maunder, to talk incoherently.
As nouns the difference between gander and dander
is that gander is a male goose while dander is dandruff—scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp.As verbs the difference between gander and dander
is that gander is ramble, wander while dander is to wander about.As a proper noun Gander
is {{surname}.gander
English
Noun
(en noun)- Old Mother Goose / When she wanted to wander / Would ride through the air / On a very fine gander .
- Have a gander at what he’s written.
Synonyms
* (sense) butcher's, butcher's hook (Cockney rhyming slang for "look")Derived terms
* Michigander * what's good for the goose is good for the gander * what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the ganderAnagrams
* * * * ----dander
English
(wikipedia dander)Etymology 1
Alteration of dandruffNoun
(-)Etymology 2
(en)Noun
(-)- He'll get his dander up if his team is criticized.
- She has her dander up every day about discrimination against women.
See also
* knee-jerk (Passion, temper, anger)Etymology 3
Alteration of dandle or daddleVerb
(en verb)- So as neither of them were particularly pressed for time, as it happened, and the temperature refreshing since it cleared up after the recent visitation of Jupiter Pluvius, they dandered along past by where the empty vehicle was waiting without a fare or a jarvey