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Newfound vs Recent - What's the difference?

newfound | recent |

As adjectives the difference between newfound and recent

is that newfound is recently found; newly discovered while recent is recent.

newfound

English

Alternative forms

*new-found (especially UK )

Adjective

(-)
  • Recently found; newly discovered.
  • *2004 ,The New Yorker , 18 Oct 2004,
    • Kerry spoke with confidence and a newfound crispness.

    Derived terms

    *Newfoundland

    recent

    English

    Adjective

    (more)
  • Having happened a short while ago.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}
  • Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
  • Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
    • The cause has several hundred recent donors.
    I met three recent graduates at the conference.

    Derived terms

    * recently * recent memory

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