Any vs Sometime - What's the difference?
any | sometime |
To even the slightest extent, at all.
* 1934 , edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 58:
At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
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*Bible, (w) xi. 27
*:No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
, passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts,
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 No matter what kind.
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Any thing(s) or person(s).
(US) At an unstated or indefinite time in the future
(obsolete) sometimes
(obsolete) At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
* Shakespeare
Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.
Occasional.
As adverbs the difference between any and sometime
is that any is to even the slightest extent, at all while sometime is (us) at an unstated or indefinite time in the future.As a determiner any
is at least one; of at least one kind one at all.As a pronoun any
is any thing(s) or person(s).As an adjective sometime is
former, erstwhile; at some previous time.any
English
(wikipedia any)Alternative forms
* anie (obsolete)Adverb
(-)- I will not remain here any longer.
- If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
- I wasn't any too easy in my mind.
Determiner
(en determiner)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
Derived terms
* any and all * any old * any press is good press * any time * anybody * anyhow * anymore * anyone * anyplace * anyroad * anything * anytime * anyway * anywhen * anywhence * anywhere * anywhither * anywho * anywhom * in any case * just anySee also
* somePronoun
(head)- Any may apply.
Statistics
*sometime
English
Alternative forms
* some time (adverbial sense)Adverb
(-)- I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening
- This will certainly happen sometime in the future
- Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me?
Synonyms
* at some point * at some time, at some time or other * somewhenDerived terms
* a sometime thing * sometime or other * sometimeyAdjective
(-)- my sometime friend and mentor
- Our sometime sister, now our queen. — Shakespeare.
- Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. — Talfourd.