Frequently vs Frequented - What's the difference?
frequently | frequented |
At frequent intervals.
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(frequent)
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
As an adverb frequently
is at frequent intervals.As a verb frequented is
(frequent).frequently
English
Adverb
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Synonyms
* as often as not, often, oftenly, oftentimes, occasionallySee also
* eventually English frequency adverbsfrequented
English
Verb
(head)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.