What's the difference between don and yon?

Don


Definition:

  • (n.) Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.
  • (n.) A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities.
  • (v. t.) To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.

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Yon


Definition:

  • (a.) At a distance, but within view; yonder.
  • (adv.) Yonder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hb La Roche-sur-Yon [beta 81 (EF5) Leu----His] is an unstable hemoglobin variant displaying a moderately increased oxygen affinity.
  • (2) The clustered arrangement (no two adjacent genes are separated by more than 73 base pairs [bp] and two genes overlap by 133 bp at their 3' ends) of the four genes (Surf-1 to -4) identified so far in the mouse surfeit locus (T. Williams, J. Yon, C. Huxley, and M. Fried, Proc.
  • (3) 8.40pm BST 39 min: Scotland give the old tiki-taka a go, passing it hither and yon across the back like, and pinging a couple of little triangles down either flank.
  • (4) The mouse surfeit locus is unusual in that it contains a number of closely clustered genes (Surf-1, -2, and -4) that alternate in their direction of transcription (T. Williams, J. Yon, C. Huxley, and M. Fried, Proc.
  • (5) The same conclusion has been drawn in a comparison of reactive histidine residues in the two enzymes [Cole & Yon (1986) Biochemistry 25, 7168-7174].
  • (6) Everyone knows the best players stand for the entire match in the centre circle dictating play, walking no more than five yards hither and yon, with a massive beer belly hanging over the belt of their shorts.
  • (7) The purification scheme includes the use of biospecific "imphilyte" chromatography as described by Yon [Biochem.J.
  • (8) She had a reputation for being a skinflint and Burns wrote on her death: Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation!
  • (9) Each of their political broadcasts would have a wee meme video at the end with yon big pair of bare-chested, kilted yoga boys doing handstands in a Highland pine forest with Mesdames Sturgeon, Dugdale and Davidson doing a cheesy thumbs-up.
  • (10) Bounced around, pushed hither and yon by a hand she could neither see nor control, the victim of a hidden player who saw her as little more than a figure on a digital screen.
  • (11) 3, 55-60; Missiakas, D., Betton, J.M., Minard, P., & Yon, J.M., 1990, Biochemistry 29, 8683-8689).
  • (12) "I think our might of single-hearted unity around the headquarters of revolution is demonstrated to the full through the ceremony today," said Kim Song-yon, another participant.
  • (13) Although this evidence of positive cooperativity in the enzyme-matrix interaction points to a deficiency in quantitative affinity chromatography theory based on equivalence and independence of these interactions [L. W. Nichol, L. D. Ward, and D. J. Winzor (1981) Biochemistry 20, 4856-4860], it is shown that such treatment leads to a much better description of the experimental situation than that provided by an alternative analysis based on cooperativity of enzyme-matrix interactions to the extent that only a single enzyme-matrix complex exists [P. Kyprianou and R. J. Yon (1982) Biochem.
  • (14) One verse says: Ye see yon birkie, ca’d a lord, Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that; Tho’ hundreds worship at his word, He’s but a coof for a’ that: For a’ that, an’ a’ that, His ribband, star, an’ a’ that: The man o’ independent mind He looks an’ laughs at a’ that.
  • (15) The idea that that would be subject to tariffs hither and yon is really very scary.” The production of many baked goods could similarly be vulnerable to disruption as raw ingredients such as flour cross EU borders several times before cakes and confectionery appear on supermarket shelves.
  • (16) Korean pop culture's first foray into Japan was led almost a decade ago by Bae Yong-joon , an actor whose mainly middle-aged, female devotees nicknamed him Yon-sama, or the Honourable Yon.
  • (17) Another on the new sanctions list, Cho Yon Jun of the powerful organization and guidance department, is in charge of enforcing loyalty to Kim, including executing those who defy his will, the senior US official said.

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