Previous vs Grevious - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between previous and grevious

is that previous is prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order while grevious is misspelling of grievous.

As a noun previous

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

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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.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}

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

* *

grevious

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Adjective

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* {{quote-book, year=1903, author=Philip P. Wells, title=Bible Stories and Religious Classics, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Then there was a rich man in the mount of Carmel that hight Nabal, and on a time he sheared and clipped his sheep, to whom David sent certain men, and bade them say that David greeted him well, and whereas aforetimes his shepherds kept his sheep in desert, he never was grevious to them, ne they lost not much as a sheep as long as they were with us, and that he might ask his servants for they could tell, and that he would now in their need send them what it pleased him.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1898, author=Murat Halstead, title=The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions,, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=There is found the keynote of the grevious native government in an incident of the date of 1841 by which "the foreign relations of the government became involved with the schemes of a private firm.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1869, author=Atticus, title=Our Churches and Chapels, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Their reading is accurate, their time good, and their melody frequently constitutes a treat which would do a power of good to those who hear the vocalisation of many ordinary psalm-singers whose great object through life is to kill old tunes and inflict grevious bodily harm upon new ones.}}