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Yonder vs Thither - What's the difference?

yonder | thither |

As adverbs the difference between yonder and thither

is that yonder is in a distant, indicated place; over there while thither is to that place.

As a determiner yonder

is distant but within sight.

As a noun yonder

is something that is distant but within sight.

yonder

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In a distant, indicated place; over there.
  • :
  • *
  • *:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder ," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.."

    • Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • Distant but within sight
    • Yonder peasant - who is he?

    Synonyms

    * (distant but within sight) yon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is distant but within sight.
    • Off we go, into the wild blue yonder , riding high into the sky.

    Usage notes

    The term yonder is used more often in the South than elsewhere in the US.

    See also

    * yon

    Anagrams

    * * Appalachian English

    thither

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • To that place.
  • * Bible, Genesis xix. 20
    • This city is near; O, let me escape thither .
  • * 1661 , , p. 9:
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops :
    • And there rises a shining palace whose crystal glittering roof is seen by mariners who traverse the extensive sea in barks built expressly for that purpose, and thither come all herds and fatlings and firstfruits of that land for O'Connell Fitzsimon takes toll of them, a chieftain descended from chieftains.
  • (dated) To that point, end, or result.
    • The argument tended thither .

    Related terms

    * hither * hither and thither * * thitherto * whither * thitherward