Onto vs. Unto — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Onto and Unto
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Onto
On top of; to a position on; upon
The dog jumped onto the chair.
Unto
Unto may refer to:
Onto
(Informal) Fully aware of; informed about
The police are onto the robbers' plans.
Unto
To.
Onto
Of, relating to, or being a function such that every element of the codomain is the value that corresponds to an element in the domain.
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Unto
Until
A fast unto death.
Onto
Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement).
My cat just jumped onto the keyboard.
Unto
By
A place unto itself, quite unlike its surroundings.
Onto
(informal) Aware of.
The thought-police were onto my plans of world domination.
Unto
Up to the time or degree that; until.
Onto
(mathematics) Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below).
The exponential function maps the set of real numbers onto the set of positive real numbers.
Unto
Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.
Onto
Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain.
Considered as a function on the real numbers, the exponential function is not onto.
Unto
To, indicating an indirect object.
And the Lord said unto Moses ...
Unto
To; - now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See To.
Unto
Until; till.
Unto
Until; till.
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