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Ponder vs Pounder - What's the difference?

ponder | pounder |

As a verb ponder

is to wonder, to think of deeply.

As a noun pounder is

a vessel in which something is pounded, or something used in pounding.

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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    pounder

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vessel in which something is pounded, or something used in pounding

    • See also

    * mortar and pestle

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (only in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot
  • (only in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds
    • Derived terms
    * quarter-pounder

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    * English senses used only in hyphenated compounds