frequently vs occasionally
Definitions
adverb
- many times at short intervals
Examples
Harsh discipline was the child's lot, and they were often terrorized deliberately and, not infrequently, sexually abused.
Close beside me stood my excellent friend Griffiths, the jolly hosteler, of whom I take the present opportunity of saying a few words, though I dare say he has been frequently described before, and by far better pens.
Hassan in frequently going to sleep in one town, to awake in another far distant, but without the benighted Oriental's surprise at the transfer, the afrit who performed this prodigy being a steam-engine, and the magician it obeyed the human mind.
Definitions
adverb
- sporadically and infrequently
Examples
Not that I'm denigrating the effort - I'm good for a few quid once I've got a few beers in me later tonight - but the enforced jollity does occasionally grate.
Advancing age has occasionally brought resolution, more often just a little understanding, to many of these riddles, but not necessarily to the resilient ambiguity of history.
He's not the fastest player on the books and occasionally he can be a bit casual and sometimes gets caught in possession.
