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Yore vs Yesteryear - What's the difference?

yore | yesteryear |

In poetic terms the difference between yore and yesteryear

is that yore is time long past while yesteryear is past years; time gone by; yore.

As an adverb yore

is in time long past; long ago.

yore

English

Noun

(-)
  • (poetic) time long past
    • This word comes from the days of yore .

    Usage notes

    A ; not used outside the phrase (of yore), especially the idiom days of yore.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.
  • * Spenser
    • Which though he hath polluted oft and yore , / Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.

    Anagrams

    *

    yesteryear

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore.
  • (rare) Last year.
  • * 1928 , , Lady Chatterley's Lover , ch. 5:
    • Where are the snows of yesteryear?

    See also

    * yesterday * bygone