Forthcome vs Forthcame - What's the difference?
forthcome | forthcame |
To come forth.
*1996 , David Foster Wallace, Girl with curious hair :
*1903 , Jack London, The people of the abyss :
(forthcome)
To come forth.
*1996 , David Foster Wallace, Girl with curious hair :
*1903 , Jack London, The people of the abyss :
As verbs the difference between forthcome and forthcame
is that forthcome is to come forth while forthcame is (forthcome).As a noun forthcome
is (obsolete) a coming forth.forthcome
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) forthcomen, from (etyl) .Verb
- The crowd slowly dissolved as news from doctors and Service upstairs failed to forthcome .
- By dropping a penny in the slot, the gas was forthcoming', and when a penny's worth had ' forthcome the supply was automatically shut off.
Derived terms
*(l)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .forthcame
English
Verb
(head)forthcome
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) forthcomen, from (etyl) .Verb
- The crowd slowly dissolved as news from doctors and Service upstairs failed to forthcome .
- By dropping a penny in the slot, the gas was forthcoming', and when a penny's worth had ' forthcome the supply was automatically shut off.