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Solve vs Ponder - What's the difference?

solve | ponder |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between solve and ponder

is that solve is (obsolete) a solution; an explanation while ponder is (obsolete) to weigh.

As verbs the difference between solve and ponder

is that solve is to find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out while ponder is to wonder, to think of deeply.

As a noun solve

is (obsolete) a solution; an explanation.

solve

English

Verb

(solv)
  • To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
  • * South
  • True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
  • * Tickell
  • God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.
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  • (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
  • (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
  • Derived terms

    * resolve * solution

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A solution; an explanation.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Anagrams

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    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