Ponder vs Propose - What's the difference?
ponder | propose | Related terms |
To wonder, to think of deeply.
To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, to mull over.
* Bible, Proverbs iv. 26
(obsolete) To weigh.
To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
To intend.
* 1859 , (John Gorham Palfrey), History of New England ,
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, title= (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
(obsolete) To set forth.
* 1616 , (George Chapman) (translator), Homer's Iliad , book 11:
(obsolete) An objective or aim.
*, II.17:
*:whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose .
In obsolete terms the difference between ponder and propose
is that ponder is to weigh while propose is an objective or aim.As verbs the difference between ponder and propose
is that ponder is to wonder, to think of deeply while propose is to suggest a plan, course of action, etc.As a noun propose is
an objective or aim.ponder
English
Verb
(en verb)- I have spent days pondering the meaning of life.
- Ponder the path of thy feet.
Synonyms
* chew over * mull over * See alsoExternal links
* *propose
English
Verb
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- I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.
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- HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;
- There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice
- Proposing with the prince and Claudio
- . . . so weighty was the cup,
- That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.