Sometimes vs Usual - What's the difference?
sometimes | usual |
On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
* (Jeremy Taylor)
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, title= (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once.
* (William Shakespeare)
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*, II.3.7:
(obsolete) former; sometime
most commonly occurring
As adjectives the difference between sometimes and usual
is that sometimes is (obsolete) former; sometime while usual is most commonly occurring.As an adverb sometimes
is on certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.sometimes
English
Adverb
(-)- It is good that we sometimes be contradicted.
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- That fair and warlike form / In which the majesty of buried Denmark / Did sometimes march.
- For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- they detract, scoffe, and raile (saith one), and bark at me on every side; but I, like that Albanian dog sometimes given to Alexander for a present, vindico me ab illis solo contemptu ; I lie still, and sleep, vindicate myself by contempt alone.
Synonyms
* at one time or another * at times * every so often * from time to time * occasionally * once in a whileSee also
* sometimeAdjective
(-)- Thy sometimes brother's wife. — Shakespeare.
usual
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.
- It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.