Attent vs Frequent - What's the difference?
attent | frequent |
(archaic) Attentive, heedful; intent.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.9:
*:Whylest thus he talkt, the knight with greedy eare / Hong still upon his melting mouth attent […].
* Bible, 2 Chron. vi 40
* 1874 , , XIV
Done or occurring often; common.
Occurring at short intervals.
* Byron
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
* Jonathan Swift
(obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
* Ben Jonson
(obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
* Massinger
As adjectives the difference between attent and frequent
is that attent is (archaic) attentive, heedful; intent while frequent is frequent; often.attent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Let thine ears be attent unto the prayer.
- All patiently awaited the event
- Without a stir or sound, as if no less
- Self-occupied, doomstricken while attent .
frequent
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frequent, from (etyl) .Schwartzman, The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in EnglishAdjective
- I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
- There are frequent trains to the beach available.
- I am a frequent visitor to that city.
- frequent feudal towers
- He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government.
- 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.
- 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.
