Eve vs Ere - What's the difference?
eve | ere |
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
Evening, night.
*Mid-19th cent. , John Clare, :
*:I love to see the shaking twig
*:Dance till the shut of eve
To come before something, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
English palindromes
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(obsolete) At an earlier time.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John I:
(poetic, archaic) Before; sooner than.
* Bible, John iv. 49
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
* 1533, R. Saltwood:
As nouns the difference between eve and ere
is that eve is the day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve while ere is obsolete form of lang=en.As a verb eve
is to come before something, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.As a proper noun Eve
is the first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.As an abbreviation EVE
is abbreviation of lang=en|endogenous viral element.As an adverb ere is
at an earlier time.As a preposition ere is
before; sooner than.eve
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ere
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ere, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* yerAdverb
(-)- Thys is he of whome I spake, he that commeth after me, was before me be cause he was yer than I.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- Sir, come down ere my child die.
- Stirring ere the break of day.
- Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "ere")Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.