different between threadbare vs timeworn

English

thread +? bare

threadbare (comparative more threadbare, superlative most threadbare)

(of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show
- 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book 1, Chapter 9
  Such threadbare coats and trousers, such fusty gowns and shawls, such squashed hats and bonnets, such boots and shoes, such umbrellas and walking-sticks, never were seen in Rag Fair.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
  Unkempt, in threadbare clothes, with holed shoes and sun-cured hide, my costume is permanent: the traveler, the man from far away.
damaged or shabby
- Holy Virgin stood in the main Convent of Glatz, in rather a threadbare condition, when the Prussians first approached; the Jesuits, and ardently Orthodox of both sexes, flagitating Heaven and her with their prayers, that she would vouchsafe to keep the Prussians out.
(of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material
banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed

time +? worn

timeworn (comparative more timeworn, superlative most timeworn)

Showing the effects of wear due to long use.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
  After walking the timeworn horizons out of Africa, I have entered a corrugated maze, a knotted crossroad of the world where landscape is read like sacrament, a labyrinth of echoing faiths called the Middle East.
Trite or banal; overused or hackneyed.

(showing the effects of wear): shopworn, threadbare, timeworn, well-worn
(trite or banal; overused or hackneyed, i.e. repeated too often): banal, commonplace, clichéd, stock, tired, trite, unoriginal. See also Thesaurus:hackneyed

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