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.
These positions are frequently referred to respectively as objectivism and constructionism.
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.
Occasionally rorqual skulls have been discovered in which the long lower jaws have been stuck wedged inside various of the skull openings and with their tips protruding like tusks.
He never complained, except when he occasionally slipped on muddy cobblestones.
