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Ower vs Oner - What's the difference?

ower | oner |

As nouns the difference between ower and oner

is that ower is a person who owes money while oner is an extraordinary individual.

As a preposition ower

is over.

As an adverb ower

is over.

As an adjective ower

is over, too.

ower

English

Etymology 1

From the verb to owe .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who owes money.

    • Etymology 2

    Colloquial variant of over .

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (Geordie) over
    • Get ower thor noo!

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (Geordie) over
    • She's ower canny hor, like

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Geordie) over, too
    • Thats ower much that!

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    Anagrams

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    oner

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An extraordinary individual.
  • A small marble of little worth in children's games.
  • * 2012 , Nicholas Hagger, A View of Epping Forest (page 143)
    • The winner was the last to flick a marble into the gully. A oner had to beat a fourer four times to win, a fourer had to beat a twelver three times, and so on.
  • (UK) A conker that has won one match.
  • * 1993 , (Henry Normal), Nude modelling for the afterlife
    • May all your conkers be oners / May your love life fail with dishonours
  • * 2005 , Benedict Le Vay, Eccentric Britain (page 32)
    • The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories
  • * 2006 , Charles Campion, Fifty Recipes To Stake Your Life On (page 119)
    • Conkers so highly prized that it's a wonder they even manage to hit the ground before being swept away to be pickled or baked and then going on to new careers as 'oners' , 'twoers', and so forth.

    Synonyms

    * one of a kind

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