Formerly vs Fore - What's the difference?
formerly | fore |
(obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.
Forward; situated towards the front (of something).
* 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 23:
(golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.
The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
* 2002 , Mark Bevir, The Logic of the History of Ideas :
In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
(obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
* Shakespeare
(nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.
(fare)
As adverbs the difference between formerly and fore
is that formerly is at some time in the past while fore is in the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.As an adjective fore is
former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.As an interjection fore is
an exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.As a noun fore is
the front; the forward part of something; the foreground.As a verb fore is
simple past of fare.As a proper noun Fore is
a people of Papua New Guinea.fore
English
Etymology 1
A development of the prefix .Adjective
- the fore part of the day
- the fore end of a wagon
- Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop [...].
Antonyms
* (order) latter * (location) aftInterjection
(en interjection)Noun
(-)- The fore was painted white.
- People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it.
Adverb
(-)- The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.