Previous vs Olden - What's the difference?
previous | olden |
Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
* Thomson
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword (informal) Premature; occurring too soon.
(informal, UK) An existing criminal record; short for "previous convictions".
* November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, "
From or relating to a previous era.
* Cole Porter, Anything Goes
Old; ancient.
* 1857 , Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave (page 347)
As adjectives the difference between previous and olden
is that previous is prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order while olden is from or relating to a previous era.As a noun previous
is (informal|uk) an existing criminal record; short for "previous convictions".As a verb olden is
to grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.previous
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(-)- The dull sound previous to the storm, / Rolls o'er the muttering earth.
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.
- I thought that I had solved the problem, but I was a bit previous .
Synonyms
* former * late * old * See alsoAntonyms
* future * following * next * succeedingNoun
(-)- It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous .
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
* *olden
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(-)- In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now heaven knows, anything goes.
- We told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.
