Headfirst vs Headforemost - What's the difference?
headfirst | headforemost |
With the head in front; headlong
With the head in front; headlong
headfirst
* {{quote-book, year=1894, author=Robert Michael Ballantyne, title=The Dog Crusoe and His Master, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Exerting all his remaining strength he rushed down the bank, dropped his rifle, and plunged headforemost into the stream. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1900, author=Blackwood Ketcham Benson, title=Who Goes There?, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He doubled up and went headforemost to the ground. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1912, author=B. M. Bower, title=Good Indian, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Quick, or I'll land you headforemost in that pond, you infernal old hag!" }}
As adverbs the difference between headfirst and headforemost
is that headfirst is with the head in front; headlong while headforemost is headfirst.As an adjective headfirst
is with the head in front; headlong.headfirst
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