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Erstwhile vs Bygone - What's the difference?

erstwhile | bygone | Synonyms |

Erstwhile is a synonym of bygone.


As adjectives the difference between erstwhile and bygone

is that erstwhile is (literary|legal) former, previous while bygone is having been or happened in the far past.

As an adverb erstwhile

is formerly; in the past.

As a noun bygone is

a person or occurrence that took place in the past.

erstwhile

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Formerly; in the past.

    • Synonyms

    * erewhile

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (literary, legal) Former, previous.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Scarcely had Alice reached her twentieth birthday, than she gave her erstwhile fiancée [sic] his formal congé. […]”}}

    Synonyms

    * former, once, previous, quondam, onetime * See also

    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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