different between sporadically vs sometime

English

Etymology

sporadic +? -ally

Adverb

sporadically (not comparable)

1. At an occasional, infrequent, or irregular frequency

Synonyms

• intermittently; see also Thesaurus:discontinuously

Translations

Anagrams

• polyradicals

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