עוד / יותר

[theunderachiever]

od: I hear it used as more. Why not yoter? For example.

מי רוצה עוד?
מי רוצה יותר?

Are both correct? Are both identical? What nuance am I missing?

Thank you much.

 

[ranpinch]

"od" means more, "yoter" dosen't stand alone should come "in compere to" it means "more than"
מי רוצה יותר? is wrong!!!

 

[bazq]

As mentioned by ranpinch, "יותר" is comparative ("more than"), whereas "עוד" is "additive" ("more of").
עוד is used in other constructions and meanings (mainly "still" - אני עוד שם = "I'm still there"), but it'll be best to leave it for now if you're a beginner as it's mostly colloquial Modern Hebrew, except for the "still" meaning.

Hope this helps, good luck.

 

[hadronic]

If you know some French... יותר is like "plus", and עוד is mor like "encore".
אני צריך יותר אנשים, [FR] il faut plus de personnes, [ENG] I need more people
אני צריך עוד אנשים , [FR] il me faut encore des personnes / quelques personnes de plus, [ENG] I need some more people / some additional people.

עוד can sometimes be replaced by נוסף.

You can also combine them: הוא עוד יותר גדול , [FR] il est encore plus grand, [ENG] he is even taller.

In the negative :
אני לא רוצה יותר = אני לא רוצה עוד I don't want anymore / I don't want any longer.
אני עוד לא רוצה I don't want yet.

 

[ranpinch]

"is used in other constructions and meanings (mainly "still" - אני עוד שם = "I'm still there")," usually we say "still there= עדיין שם"
עדיין= until this present time

 

[origumi]

The replies above are good, and yet in your specific example (of colloquial Hebrew) both mean practically the same.

 

[Ali Smith]

So, if someone wanted to tell someone, "You can't stay here any longer/anymore." would he say אתה לא יכול להשאר כאן יותר or אתה לא יכול להשאר כאן עוד?