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Ayield vs Afield - What's the difference?

ayield | afield |

As a verb ayield

is (obsolete) to yield up.

As an adverb afield is

away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).

ayield

English

Verb

  • (obsolete) To yield up.

    • afield

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further).
  • *1999 Jacob S. Hacker, The Road to Nowhere: The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Healthy Security [ISBN 0691005281], p.118:
  • *:Whether things could have been different is an open question, and one that would take us far afield from the focus of this book.
  • *2002 Philip F. Esler, The Early Christian World [ISBN 0203470621], p.3:
  • *:There were Christians developing notable traditions somewhat away from the Mediterranean and outside the Roman empire, in places like Armenia, or even further afield , in India
  • On the field.
    • We now have both teams afield and can begin the match.

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