different between erstwhile vs sometime

English

Etymology

erst (“first, formerly”) +? while

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?)st.wa?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??st.wa?l/

Adverb

erstwhile (not comparable)

1. Formerly; in the past.

Synonyms

• erewhile

Translations

Adjective

erstwhile (not comparable)

1. (literary, law) Former, previous.

   Synonyms: former, once, previous, quondam, onetime; see also Thesaurus:former
2. (proscribed) Respected, honourable.

Usage notes

The use of erstwhile to mean “respected” stems from a conflation with esteemed in phrases such as erstwhile colleague and is proscribed by most authorities.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• wehrlites

English

Alternative forms

• some time (adverb), some-time (adjective)
• sometyme (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English somtyme, som time, some tyme, sume time, sumtym, sumtyme, equivalent to some +? time.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?m?t?m', IPA^(key): /?s?m?ta?m/
• Hyphenation: some?time

Adverb

sometime (not comparable)

1. At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.

2. (obsolete) Sometimes.
3. (obsolete) At an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act IV, scene i:

     Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me?

Synonyms

• (at an indefinite time in the future): at some point, at some time, at some time or other, somewhen; see also Thesaurus:sometime
• (at an indefinite time in the past): at one time, in the past; see also Thesaurus:formerly
• (sometimes):

Derived terms

• sometime thing
• sometime or other, sometime or another
• sometimey

Related terms

• sometimes
• sooner or later

Translations

Adjective

sometime (not comparable)

1. Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.

   my sometime friend and mentor

   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, Act I, scene ii:

     Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen / Th' imperial jointress to this warlike state
2. Occasional.

   an author and sometime lecturer

Synonyms

• (former): earlier, erstwhile, ex-, previous
• (occasional):

Derived terms

• sometimes

Translations

Anagrams

• timesome