Soon vs X - What's the difference?
soon | x |
Occurring within a short time, or quickly.
*{{quote-book, year=1927, author=
, chapter=4, title= (label) Immediately, instantly.
Within a short time; quickly.
* , chapter=1
, title= * , chapter=5
, title= *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Early.
* Bible, (w) ii. 18
Readily; willingly; used with would , or some other word expressing will.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
----
As an adjective soon
is occurring within a short time, or quickly.As an adverb soon
is (label) immediately, instantly.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.soon
English
(wikipedia soon)Adjective
(er)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
Adverb
(er)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly,
Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese
- How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
- I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.