Aft vs Oft - What's the difference?
aft | oft |
(nautical) The stern portion of a vessel.
(nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
(chiefly, poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely; many times.
* 1623', , Volume 4, 1778,
* 1819', , John Galt (biography), ''The Pophecy of Dante'', Canto the Fourth, '''1857 , ''The Complete Works of Lord Byron , Volume 1,
* 1902 , James H. Mulligan, In Kentucky'', quoted in 2005, Wade Hall (editor), ''The Kentucky Anthology ,
As adverbs the difference between aft and oft
is that aft is at, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel) while oft is often; frequently; not rarely; many times.As a noun aft
is the stern portion of a vessel.aft
English
Noun
(-)Adverb
(further)Synonyms
* abaft, asternAntonyms
* fore, forwardSee also
* after, fore-and-aftAnagrams
* English three-letter words ----oft
English
Adverb
(er)- An oft -told tale
page 45,
- What I can do, can do no hurt to try: / Since you ?et up your re?t 'gain?t remedy: / He that of greate?t works is fini?her, / Oft does them by the weake?t mini?ter; / So holy writ in babes hath judgment ?hown, / When judges have been babes.
page 403,
- And how is it that they, the sons of fame, / Whose inspiration seems to them to shine / From high, they whom the nations oftest name, / Must pass their days in penury or pain, / Or step to grandeur through the paths of shame, / And wear a deeper brand and gaudier chain?
page 203,
- The moonlight falls the softest / In Kentucky; / The summer days come oftest / In Kentucky;