sometimes vs often
Definitions
adverb
- on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
Examples
It's good to have a cry sometimes.
The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating.
Definitions
adverb
- many times at short intervals
- in many cases or instances
- frequently or in great quantities
Examples
Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
The mysterious jack snipe is a typical bird of the often water-logged northern taiga, birch and willow country.
I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.
