Previous vs Pervious - What's the difference?

Pervious is a anagram of previous.

As adjectives the difference between previous and pervious

is that previous is prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order while pervious is admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable.

As a noun previous

is an existing criminal record; short for "previous convictions".

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(-)

Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

* Thomson

The dull sound previous to the storm, / Rolls o'er the muttering earth.

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He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.

(informal) Premature; occurring too soon.

I thought that I had solved the problem, but I was a bit previous .

Synonyms

* former * late * old * See also

Antonyms

* future * following * next * succeeding

Noun

(-)

(informal, UK) An existing criminal record; short for "previous convictions".

It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous .

* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

For that Smalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat’s paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He has previous on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way he scythed down James Milner when the first rule for a defender on a yellow card is not to dive in unless it is absolutely necessary.

Anagrams

* *

pervious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable.

a pervious soil

* Alexander Pope

[Doors] pervious to winds, and open every way.

Accepting of new ideas.

Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.

* (Jeremy Taylor)

God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye.

(obsolete) Capable of penetrating or pervading.

(Prior)

(zoology) open; perforate, as applied to the nostrils of birds

Antonyms

* impervious

Anagrams

* *