Moderate vs Sometimes - What's the difference?
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Not excessive; acting in moderation
* Jonathan Swift
Mediocre
Average priced; standard-deal
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
* Walter
(US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
* Arbuthnot
* Spenser
To become less excessive
To preside over (something) as a moderator
To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
* (Jeremy Taylor)
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, title= (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once.
* (William Shakespeare)
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(obsolete) former; sometime
As adjectives the difference between moderate and sometimes
is that moderate is not excessive; acting in moderation while sometimes is former; sometime.As a noun moderate
is one who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.As a verb moderate
is to reduce the excessiveness of (something.As an adverb sometimes is
on certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.moderate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- moderate language
- a moderate Calvinist
- travelling at a moderate speed
- A number of moderate members managed to obtain a majority in a thin house.
- a moderate winter
- moderate showers
Derived terms
* moderately * moderatenessSynonyms
* See also * See alsoNoun
(wikipedia moderate) (en noun)- ''While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
- The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
Verb
(moderat)- to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
- By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water.
- To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
- to moderate a synod
Synonyms
* (reduce excesses ) temperate * (preside ) arbitrate, chairDerived terms
* moderation * moderatingReferences
* * English heteronyms ----sometimes
English
Adverb
(-)- It is good that we sometimes be contradicted.
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- That fair and warlike form / In which the majesty of buried Denmark / Did sometimes march.
- For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- they detract, scoffe, and raile (saith one), and bark at me on every side; but I, like that Albanian dog sometimes given to Alexander for a present, vindico me ab illis solo contemptu ; I lie still, and sleep, vindicate myself by contempt alone.
Synonyms
* at one time or another * at times * every so often * from time to time * occasionally * once in a whileSee also
* sometimeAdjective
(-)- Thy sometimes brother's wife. — Shakespeare.