What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Alway vs Ever - What's the difference?

alway | ever |

As adverbs the difference between alway and ever

is that alway is (archaic) all along; for all time, perpetually while ever is always.

As an adjective ever is

(epidemiology) occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.

alway

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (archaic) All along; for all time, perpetually.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XXVIII:
  • And lo I am with you allwaye even untyll the ende off the worlde.
  • * 1900 , , Villanelle of Sunset , lines 16-17
  • Tired flower! upon my breast,
    I would wear thee alway
  • (archaic) Every time, at every opportunity, always.
  • ever

    English

    (wikipedia ever)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Always.
  • :
  • *
  • *:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever -renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
  • At any time.
  • :
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=3 , passage=Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.}}
  • In any way.
  • :
  • (lb)
  • :
  • Derived terms

    (terms derived from ever) * e’er * everchanging * everlasting * everloving * evermind * ever-present * ever since * ever smoker * ever so * every * forever, for ever, for ever more * for ever and ever, forever and ever * happily ever after * however * never * never ever * whatever * whatsoever * whenever * whichever * whoever

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (epidemiology) Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.
  • * 1965 , Reuben Hill, The family and population control: a Puerto Rican experiment in social change
  • This family empathy measure is highly related to ever use of birth control but not to any measure of continuous use.

    Statistics

    *