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Antiquity vs Yesteryear - What's the difference?

antiquity | yesteryear |

As nouns the difference between antiquity and yesteryear

is that antiquity is as a proper noun, usually used to refer to the period of while yesteryear is (poetic) past years; time gone by; yore.

antiquity

English

Noun

(antiquities)
  • Ancient times; former ages; times long since past.
  • The ancients; the people of ancient times.
  • * That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed. —Sir W. Raleigh.
  • (obsolete) An old gentleman.
  • * You are a shrewd antiquity , neighbor Clench. —B. Jonson.
  • (label) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
  • (often, constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
  • State of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

    yesteryear

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore.
  • (rare) Last year.
  • * 1928 , , Lady Chatterley's Lover , ch. 5:
  • Where are the snows of yesteryear?

    See also

    * yesterday * bygone