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Forth vs Fore - What's the difference?

forth | fore |

In obsolete terms the difference between forth and fore

is that forth is forth from; out of while fore is formerly; previously; afore.

As a preposition forth

is forth from; out of.

As an interjection fore is

an exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.

As a verb fore is

simple past of fare.

forth

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) . Compare Dutch voort.

Adverb

(-)
  • Forward in time, place or degree.
  • * Shakespeare
    • From this time forth , I never will speak word.
  • * Strype
    • I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bade me say forth ; I said I was taught no more.
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  • Out into view; from a particular place or position.
    • The plants in spring put forth leaves.
    The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
  • (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.
  • (obsolete) Thoroughly; from beginning to end.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Derived terms
    * forth- * and so forth * back and forth * blossom forth * bring forth * burst forth * call forth * come forth * give forth * go forth * hold forth * pour forth * put forth * send forth * set forth * stand forth * stretch forth

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (obsolete) Forth from; out of.
  • * John Donne
    • Some forth their cabins peep.

    Etymology 2

    From (fourth) - compare (forty)

    Adjective

    (head)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    fore

    English

    Etymology 1

    A development of the prefix .

    Adjective

  • (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.
    • the fore part of the day
  • Forward; situated towards the front (of something).
    • the fore end of a wagon
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 23:
    • 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) aft

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
    • The fore was painted white.
  • * 2002 , Mark Bevir, The Logic of the History of Ideas :
    • 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.
    Related terms
    * fore-and-aft * foremost * forehead

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
  • (obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.
  • (nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.

    • Etymology 2

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (fare)

    • Anagrams

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