Apparently vs Perhaps - What's the difference?
apparently | perhaps |
Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
* (rfdate) ,
Seemingly; in appearance only.
According to what the speaker has read or been told.
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* "...will live until he dies perhaps , and then lie down in clover." --Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl (song)
As adverbs the difference between apparently and perhaps
is that apparently is plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently while perhaps is Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty.apparently
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Adverb
(en adverb)- If he should scorn me so apparently .
- A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
- Apparently you are quite a good dancer.
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Synonyms
* (in a way that is manifest) obviously, plainly, clearly, evidently * (in appearance only) ostensibly, seemingly * (according to what one has heard) allegedlyperhaps
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Alternative forms
* (l)Adverb
(-)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.}}
Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].}}