Here vs Sere - What's the difference?
here | sere |
(label) In, on, or at this place.
* 1849 , (Alfred Tennyson), , VII,
* 2008 , (Omar Khadr), ,
(label) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.
* 1891 , (Charlotte Perkins Gilman), ,
(label) In this context.
* 1872 May, (Edward Burnett Tylor), '', published in ''(Popular Science Monthly) , Volume 1,
* 1904 January 15, (William James), (The Chicago School)'', published in ''(Psychological Bulletin) , 1.1, pages 1-5,
At this point in the argument or narration.
* 1796 , (w), ,
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=6, title= (abstract) This place; this location.
(abstract) This time, the present situation.
An army, host.
A hostile force.
(Anglo-Saxon) An invading army, either that of the enemy, or the national troops serving abroad. Compare (l).
An enemy, individual enemy.
Without moisture.
* 1798 , (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) ,
* 1868 , (Henry Lonsdale), The Worthies of Cumberland , volume concerning Sir J. R. G. Graham, chapter 1,
* 1984 , (Vernor Vinge), (The Peace War) , chapter 37:
An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.
As nouns the difference between here and sere
is that here is a time while sere is .here
English
(wikipedia here)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Adverb
(-)- Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,
- The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here' to help you. I’m not '''here''' to do anything for you. I’m just ' here to get information.”
- He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.
- The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here , may be briefly defined:
- The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here .
- Here , perhaps I ought to stop.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=“And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here . Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
Derived terms
* hereabout * hereafter * hereaway * hereby * herein * hereinabove * hereinafter * hereinbefore * hereinbelow * hereof * hereon * hereto * heretofore * hereunder * hereunto * hereupon * herewithNoun
(-)- An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
- Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.
Quotations
* * *See also
* hence * here- * hereabouts * hither * thereEtymology 2
From Old (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)sere
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(er)part 5:
- The roaring wind! it roar'd far off,
It did not come anear;
But with its sound it shook the sails
That were so thin and sere .
page 1:
- …whilst the recitation of Border Minstrelsy, or a well-sung ballad, served to revive the sere and yellow leaf of age by their refreshing memories of the pleasurable past.
- The grass was sere and golden, the dirt beneath white and gravelly.
