Frequent vs Sundry - What's the difference?
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Done or occurring often; common.
Occurring at short intervals.
* Byron
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
* Jonathan Swift
(obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
* Ben Jonson
(obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
* Massinger
(obsolete) Separate; distinct; diverse.
(obsolete) Individual; one for each.
Several; diverse; more than one or two; various.
Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
(usually, in the plural) A minor miscellaneous item.
* 1865 , , Crosspatch, the Cricket, and the Counterpane ,
* 1924 March, Advertisement, ,
* 1931 June, Advertisement, ,
(in the plural, accounting) A category for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.
* 1905 , William Mott Steuart (United States Bureau of the Census), Special Reports: Mines and quarries 1902 ,
* 1910 , William Mott Steuart, Thomas Commerford Martin (United States Bureau of the Census), Street and Electric Railways 1907 ,
* 2009 , Neville Box, VCE Accounting Units 3 & 4 , 4th Edition,
* 2011 , Robert Rodgers, Peter Lucas, Bookkeeping and Accounting Essentials ,
(usually, in the plural, cricket, chiefly, Australia) An extra.
* 1954 , Percy Taylor, Richmond?s 100 years of cricket: The Story of the Richmond Cricket Club, 1854-1954 ,
* 1998 , , The Art of Cricket ,
* 1999 , Ashok Kumar, DPH Sports Series: Cricket , Discovery Publishing House, India,
In obsolete terms the difference between frequent and sundry
is that frequent is often or commonly reported while sundry is individual; one for each.As adjectives the difference between frequent and sundry
is that frequent is done or occurring often; common while sundry is separate; distinct; diverse.As a verb frequent
is to visit often.As a noun sundry is
a minor miscellaneous item.frequent
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frequent, from (etyl) .Schwartzman, The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in EnglishAdjective
- I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
- There are frequent trains to the beach available.
- I am a frequent visitor to that city.
- frequent feudal towers
- He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government.
- 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.
- 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) frequenter, from (etyl)Derived terms
* frequenterExternal links
* * English heteronyms ----sundry
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal)Adjective
Synonyms
* assorted, divers, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, heterogeneousDerived terms
* (l) * (l)Noun
(sundries)page 16,
- Here she kept her scarlet cloak, her Sunday shoes, her best cap and apron, and her steeple-crowned hat; but down at the very bottom, underneath her new checked petticoat, she found a little bag of sundries , which might serve her purpose, and which she sat down to examine at her leisure.
page 192,
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page 476,
- Miscellaheous expenses ,—This item includes rent and royalties of all descriptions, “taxes, insurance, interest, advertising, office supplies, law expenses, injuries and damages, telegraph and telephone service, gas, and all other sundries not reported elsewhere.”
page 181,
- In 1902 franchise values were largely carried as sundries , but it is a very common practice to charge these values to cost of construction and equipment.
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- Any payment listed in the Sundries column must be posted individually to the appropriate ledger account.
page 105,
- The petty cash book classifies payments as petrol and oils, postage, office, sundries and GST paid.
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- The wicketkeeper for Williamstown had a bad day, as sundries topped the score with 30.
page 167,
- In the modern era I sometimes feel the emphasis has erroneously shifted towards placing unwarranted importance on how few sundries are recorded.
page 145,
- As for sundries , these are very often caused by erratic bowling or a nasty pitch.