Typical vs Often - What's the difference?
typical | often |
Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
Normal, average; to be expected.
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Frequently, many times.
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As an adjective typical
is capturing the overall sense of a thing.As a noun typical
is anything that is typical, normal, or standard.As an adverb often is
frequently, many times.typical
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Alternative forms
* typicall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* atypicalDerived terms
* typicality * typically * typicalnessSee also
* gestalt * gist * resemblance * emblematic * prefigurative * distinctiveNoun
(en noun)- Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.
- Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.
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Adverb
(en-adv)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often , their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
