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Typically vs Often - What's the difference?

typically | often |

As adverbs the difference between typically and often

is that typically is in a typical or common manner while often is frequently, many times.

typically

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a typical or common manner.
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  • In an expected or customary manner.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 9, author=Owen Phillips
    • , title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark, work=BBC Sport citation , passage=And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes.}}

    Antonyms

    * atypically

    often

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • Frequently, many times.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}

    Synonyms

    * frequently * occasionally * usually

    Antonyms

    * infrequently * rarely * seldom

    Derived terms

    * as often as not

    Related terms

    * oftentimes * oft

    Statistics

    * English frequency adverbs 1000 English basic words