Ex vs Former - What's the difference?
ex | former |
(colloquial) An ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.
To delete; to cross out
Previous.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
(senseid) First of aforementioned two items. Used with the , often without a noun.
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Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
(chiefly, British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
As nouns the difference between ex and former
is that ex is an ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner while former is someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.As a verb ex
is to delete; to cross out.As an adjective former is
previous.ex
English
Noun
(en-noun)- She broke up with her ex .
See also
*Derived terms
* exray * ex-rayVerb
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*Anagrams
* English two-letter words ----former
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) former, comparative of . Parallel to (m) (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to (m) and (m) (thence (m)), from Proto-Germanic.Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* (previous) anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex- * See alsoAntonyms
* latterEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- Dave was the former of the company.
- ''The brick arch was built using a wooden former .
- ''Fifth-former
- Sixth-former .