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Begone vs Bygone - What's the difference?

begone | bygone |

As an interjection begone

is expressing a desire for someone or something to go away.

As a verb begone

is past participle of lang=en.

As an adjective bygone is

having been or happened in the far past.

As a noun bygone is

a person or occurrence that took place in the past.

begone

English

Etymology 1

Originally two words: (be) + (gone).

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • Expressing a desire for someone or something to go away.
    • Fairies, begone , and be all ways away.'' – Shakespeare, ''A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Verb

    (head)

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    bygone

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having been or happened in the far past.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • Near by he could see the thicket of raspberry canes, growing tall and close like a tropical jungle, in whose shadow he had played with the Boy on bygone mornings.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or occurrence that took place in the past.

    • Related terms

    * let bygones be bygones

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