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Pinder vs Ponder - What's the difference?

pinder | ponder |

In obsolete terms the difference between pinder and ponder

is that pinder is one who impounds; a poundkeeper while ponder is to weigh.

As a noun pinder

is one who impounds; a poundkeeper.

As a verb ponder is

to wonder, to think of deeply.

pinder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
    • (Webster 1913)

    ponder

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wonder, to think of deeply.
  • To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, to mull over.
    • I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
  • * Bible, Proverbs iv. 26
    • Ponder the path of thy feet.
  • (obsolete) To weigh.

    • Synonyms

    * chew over * mull over * See also

    Related terms

    * preponder * preponderance * preponderant * preponderate

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