Usual vs Often - What's the difference?
usual | often |
most commonly occurring
Frequently, many times.
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As an adjective usual
is most commonly occurring.As an adverb often is
frequently, many times.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.
Synonyms
* common, wonted, normal, standard, regular, ordinary, plain, simpleAntonyms
* unusualDerived terms
* usualness * usually * unusual * as usualExternal links
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*Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----often
English
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.}}