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Bygone vs Yesteryear - What's the difference?

bygone | yesteryear |

As nouns the difference between bygone and yesteryear

is that bygone is a person or occurrence that took place in the past while yesteryear is past years; time gone by; yore.

As an adjective bygone

is having been or happened in the far 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

    Anagrams

    *

    yesteryear

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore.
  • (rare) Last year.
  • * 1928 , , Lady Chatterley's Lover , ch. 5:
    • Where are the snows of yesteryear?

    See also

    * yesterday * bygone