Gladder vs Bladder - What's the difference?
gladder | bladder |
(glad)
To make glad; rejoice.
*1870 , Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, New Englander and Yale review :
*1909 , Country Correspondence, Political Department, 1800-[1804]:
*2006 , P?rana Si?gha, S?hitya Ak?dem?, The knock at midnight :
(zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
(anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder.
(botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
(figurative) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
* Rochester
To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
To store or put up in bladders.
In transitive terms the difference between gladder and bladder
is that gladder is to make glad; rejoice while bladder is to store or put up in bladders.As an adjective gladder
is comparative of glad.gladder
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) gladere, from (etyl) . More at (l).Adjective
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) glader, from (etyl) .Etymology 3
From .Verb
(en verb)- [...] and, the crown and seal of nil, the reciprocated love of God in Christ — devotion to Him in service, trust, and love, with the fullness of His favor streaming back into all the currents of experience, gladdering and perfecting all.
- Under the auspicious influence of the Company's just and equitable administration, the face of this province is gladdered [Sic-]—the blossoms of Peace are blowing and the blessings of tranquility increasing daily [...]
- The light of snow has gladdered the heart [...]
bladder
English
Noun
(en noun)- to swim with bladders of philosophy
Synonyms
* vesicaDerived terms
* air bladder * bladdered * bladderpod * bladderwrack * gall bladder * gas bladder * shy bladder * swim bladder * urinary bladderVerb
(en verb)- bladdered lard