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Worn vs Former - What's the difference?

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Worn is a related term of former.


As adjectives the difference between worn and former

is that worn is damaged and shabby as a result of much use while former is previous.

As a verb worn

is .

As a noun former is

someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.

worn

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • damaged and shabby as a result of much use

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * outworn * worn out

    former

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) former, comparative of . Parallel to (m) (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to (m) and (m) (thence (m)), from Proto-Germanic.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Previous.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
  • (senseid) First of aforementioned two items. Used with the , often without a noun.
  • :
    • Synonyms
    * (previous) anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex- * See also
    Antonyms
    * latter

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
    • Dave was the former of the company.
  • An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
    • ''The brick arch was built using a wooden former .
  • (chiefly, British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
    • ''Fifth-former
    Sixth-former .
    Derived terms
    * pan former

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