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Hither vs Yonder - What's the difference?

hither | yonder |

As adverbs the difference between hither and yonder

is that hither is to this place, to here while yonder is in a distant, indicated place; over there.

As an adjective hither

is on this side; the nearer.

As a determiner yonder is

distant but within sight.

As a noun yonder is

something that is distant but within sight.

hither

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (literary, or, archaic) To this place, to here.
    • He went hither and thither.
  • over here

    • Derived terms

    * hitherto * hitherward

    Related terms

    * thither * whither * hither and thither

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) On this side; the nearer.
  • * 1954', The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the '''hither side of good and evil. — Aldous Huxley, ''The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)

    • yonder

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In a distant, indicated place; over there.
  • :
  • *
  • *:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder ," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.."

    • Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • Distant but within sight
    • Yonder peasant - who is he?

    Synonyms

    * (distant but within sight) yon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is distant but within sight.
    • Off we go, into the wild blue yonder , riding high into the sky.

    Usage notes

    The term yonder is used more often in the South than elsewhere in the US.

    See also

    * yon

    Anagrams

    * * Appalachian English