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Unto vs Punto - What's the difference?

unto | punto |

As a conjunction unto

is (poetic) Up to the time or degree that; until; till.

As a preposition unto

is up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.

As a noun punto is

a point or hit.

unto

English

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)
  • (obsolete) (poetic) Up to the time or degree that; until; till.

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (archaic, or, poetic) Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
    • Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.
  • (archaic, or, poetic) To, indicating an indirect object
    • And the Lord said unto Moses
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.

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    punto

    English

    Noun

  • (fencing) A point or hit.

    • Derived terms

    * punto diritto * punto reverso (Webster 1913) ----