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Harder Moderate

Harder has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

Alternative spelling of haarder

"The old dialect text used "harder" as an alternative spelling of "haarder.""

"The new manager promised to make life easier by stopping all the harder work that was falling on everyone else."

Adjective
1

comparative form of hard: more hard

"The rock became harder after being left in the freezing wind overnight."

In plain English: Harder means more difficult to do, learn, or deal with than something else.

"This task is much harder than yesterday's homework."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"Mr. Harder introduced his family to the new neighbors at the community meeting."

Example Sentences
"This task is much harder than yesterday's homework." adj
"The harder wood was better suited for making tool handles." adj
"She wore her hat with a harder expression than before." adj
"This is the hardest challenge we have faced yet." adj
"The new manager promised to make life easier by stopping all the harder work that was falling on everyone else." noun
Related Terms

Origin

Harder is formed by adding the suffix "-er" to the word "hard." This construction follows a standard pattern to create the comparative form of the adjective.

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