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Bygone vs Forepassed - What's the difference?

bygone | forepassed |

As adjectives the difference between bygone and forepassed

is that bygone is having been or happened in the far past while forepassed is (timewise) that has previously passed; past, bygone.

As a noun bygone

is a person or occurrence that took place in the past.

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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    forepassed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (timewise) That has previously passed; past, bygone