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Gladder vs Gladden - What's the difference?

gladder | gladden |

As verbs the difference between gladder and gladden

is that gladder is to make glad; rejoice while gladden is to cause (something) to become more glad.

As an adjective gladder

is (glad).

As a noun gladder

is one who makes glad or gives joy.

gladder

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) gladere, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Adjective

(head)
  • (glad)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) glader, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes glad or gives joy.
    • (Chaucer)

    Etymology 3

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make glad; rejoice.
  • *1870 , Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, New Englander and Yale review :
    • [...] 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.
  • *1909 , Country Correspondence, Political Department, 1800-[1804]:
    • 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 [...]
  • *2006 , P?rana Si?gha, S?hitya Ak?dem?, The knock at midnight :
    • The light of snow has gladdered the heart [...]
    (Webster 1913)

    gladden

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause (something) to become more glad.
  • *1798 , William Wordsworth, The Nightingale :
  • *:A balmy night! and tho' the stars be dim, / Yet let us think upon the vernal showers / That gladden the green earth, and we shall find / A pleasure in the dimness of the stars.
  • *1838 , Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist :
  • *:Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand. Alas! How few of Nature's faces are left alone to gladden us with their beauty!
  • (archaic) To become more glad in one's disposition.
  • *
  • *:In May when every lusty heart flourisheth and bourgeoneth, for as the season is lusty to behold and comfortable, so man and woman rejoice and gladden of summer coming with his fresh flowers: for winter with his rough winds and blasts causeth a lusty man and woman to cower and sit fast by the fire.

    • Synonyms

    * cheer, cheer up, gratify, please

    Anagrams

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