early vs former
former vs earlyearly is not a noun while former is a noun.
early and former both are adjectives.
early is an adverb but former is not an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| early | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| former | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As adjectives,
early and former
are synonyms defined as:
- early and former: belonging to the distant past
Other synonyms of early include
other.
| early (noun) | former (noun) |
|---|---|
| the first of two or the first mentioned of two |
| early (adjective) | former (adjective) |
|---|---|
| at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time | referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several) |
| of an early stage in the development of a language or literature | belonging to the distant past |
| being or occurring at an early stage of development | belonging to some prior time |
| belonging to the distant past | (used especially of persons) of the immediate past |
| very young | |
| expected in the near future |
| early (adverb) | former (adverb) |
|---|---|
| before the usual time or the time expected | |
| during an early stage | |
| in good time |
Words related to "early"
- 1st
- Old
- aboriginal
- advance
- ahead of time
- archaean
- archaeozoic
- archaic
- archean
- archeozoic
- azoic
- beforehand
- betimes
- crude
- earlier
- earliest
- earliness
- early on
- earlyish
- embryonic
- embryotic
- first
- former
- future
- immature
- inchoate
- incipient
- late
- linguistics
- middle
- new
- other
- past
- precocious
- premature
- previous
- primaeval
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- primordial
- proterozoic
- proto
- rude
- timing
- too soon
- untimely
- wee
- young
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