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Yon vs Gon - What's the difference?

yon | gon |

As nouns the difference between yon and gon

is that yon is while gon is golf or gon can be goal.

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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    gon

    English

    Etymology 1

    Compare (etyl) (m), dialectal (gan), (etyl) (m).

    Contraction

    (en-cont)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One hundredth of a right angle; a gradian.

    • Etymology 3

    Clipping.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label)

    • Anagrams

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