Eventually vs Maybe - What's the difference?
eventually | maybe |
In the end.
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(mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail.
(as a pro-sentence ) perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement)
Possible; uncertain.
(informal) Something that is possibly true.
(informal) An answer that shows neither agreement nor disagreement.
(informal) A future event that may or may not happen.
As adverbs the difference between eventually and maybe
is that eventually is in the end while maybe is Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty.As an adjective maybe is
possible; uncertain.As a noun maybe is
something that is possibly true.eventually
English
Adverb
(-)- It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
Synonyms
* at last * finally * yet * ultimately * in the endSee also
* frequentlySee also
* sooner or latermaybe
English
(wikipedia maybe)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (l) (dialectal)Adverb
(-)Usage notes
* Do not confuse maybe' with ' may be : "Maybe that's true", but "That may be true"Synonyms
* (perhaps) mayhaps, peradventure, perhaps, possibly * (as a pro-sentence) could be, mayhaps, might be, perhaps, possibly, that’s possibleDerived terms
* and I don't mean maybeAdjective
(en adjective)- Then add those may-be years thou hast to live ? Dryden.
Noun
(en noun)- The results of the poll were inconclusive. We got two yeses, three nos, and four maybes.
- About your raise: it's a big maybe .