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Yon vs Ton - What's the difference?

yon | ton |

As nouns the difference between yon and ton

is that yon is while ton is lineage, ancestry.

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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    ton

    English

    (wikipedia ton)

    Etymology 1

    Variant of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
  • A unit of volume; register ton.
  • In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/ (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
  • (colloquial, hyperbole) A large amount.
    • I’ve got a ton of work to do.
    I've got tons of work to do.
  • (slang) A speed of 100 mph.
  • (slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
  • (cricket) One hundred runs.
  • (darts) One hundred points.
    • Synonyms
    * (large amount) heap, load, pile * (one-hundred runs) century * See also
    Derived terms
    * displacement ton * long ton * measurement ton * metric ton (tonne) * register ton * short ton

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from (etyl) tonus.

    Noun

    (-)
  • Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
    • (Byron)
  • * Thackeray
    • If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.
  • Fashionable society; those in style.

    • Related terms

    * bon ton

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The common tunny, or house mackerel.

    • Anagrams

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