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Yon vs Don - What's the difference?

yon | don |

As nouns the difference between yon and don

is that yon is while don is (science) (dissolved organic nitrogen).

yon

English

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Adjective

(-)
  • (dated, or, dialect) That (thing) over there; of something distant, but within sight.
    • He went to climb yon hill.
  • * Milton
    • Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
  • *

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • (dated, or, dialect) Yonder.

    • Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (dated, or, dialect) That one or those over there.

    • Etymology 2

    Phrase

    (en-phrase)
  • (knitting)
  • * 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 222)
    • Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon', k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, ' yon , k2tog,
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    don

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dominus'', "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish ''don'' and Italian ''dom''; from ''domus'', "house", + diminutive suffix ''-inus . Compare dominie.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
  • A mafia boss.
    • Derived terms
    * donnish

    Etymology 2

    A contraction of (etyl) do on. Compare also doff.

    Verb

    (donn)
  • (clothing) to put on, to dress in
    • To don one's clothes.
    Antonyms
    * (put on clothes)
    See also
    * (l) * (l)

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