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Yon vs Yoni - What's the difference?

yon | yoni |

As nouns the difference between yon and yoni

is that yon is while yoni is the female sexual organs, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of hinduism, buddhism, and other cultures.

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.
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    • 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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    yoni

    English

    (wikipedia yoni)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The female sexual organs, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
  • * 2004 , Johanna Wikoff, Deborah Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra , Alpha Books 2004, p. 242:
    • Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue.
  • * 2001 , David Adams Leeming, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology , Oxford 2001, p. 205:
    • In Hinduism [...] and Tantrism [...], the yoni is the generative organ of the Goddess.
  • * 1997 , David R Kinsley, Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine , University of California 1997, p. 235:
    • The goddess blesses him by placing his li?gam in her yoni .

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