Used vs Old-fashioned - What's the difference?
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(use)
* 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75
(intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]
That is or has or have been used.
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Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
* 1965 , (Bob Dylan), (Like a Rolling Stone)
Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.
* , chapter=1
, title= Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.
A whiskey-based cocktail.
* 1996 , Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes (page 286)
Used is a related term of old-fashioned.
As adjectives the difference between used and old-fashioned
is that used is that is or has or have been used while old-fashioned is of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.As a verb used
is (use).As a noun old-fashioned is
a whiskey-based cocktail.used
English
Verb
(head)- In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used .
- You used me!
- He used to live here, but moved away last year.
Adjective
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- Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street and now you're gonna have to get used to it.
Synonyms
* (having been used) * (previously owned by someone else) pre-owned, second-handAntonyms
* (having been used) unused * (previously owned by someone else) newDerived terms
* usedness * well-usedSee also
* used toStatistics
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* English heteronymsold-fashioned
English
Alternative forms
* old fashionedAdjective
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Usage notes
* Said of all kinds of things including words, houses, places, chimneys, character traits, cookware, education, music, or style.Noun
(wikipedia old-fashioned) (en noun)- At the end of the workday, the Trumans liked to have a cocktail before dinner. Shortly after they moved into the White House, Mrs. Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds .