Frequency vs Adverb - What's the difference?
frequency | adverb |
(uncountable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
* With growing confidence, the Viking’s raids increased in frequency .
* The frequency of bus service has been improved from 15 to 12 minutes.
(uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
* The FAQ addresses questions that come up with some frequency .
* The frequency of the visits was what annoyed him.
(countable) The quotient of the number of times a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time in which it occurs: .
* The frequency of the musical note A above middle C is 440 oscillations per second.
* ''The frequency of a wave is its velocity divided by its wavelength : .
* Broadcasting live at a frequency of 98.3 megahertz, we’re your rock alternative!
* The frequency for electric power in the Americas is generally 60 Hz rather than 50.
(statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
* (modifying a verb'') ''I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan.
* (modifying an adjective'') ''It was often cold outside.
* (modifying another adverb'') ''Not often .
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As nouns the difference between frequency and adverb
is that frequency is (uncountable) the rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period while adverb is adverb.frequency
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Noun
(frequencies)Synonyms
* (rate of occurrence) oftennessAntonyms
* (rate of occurrence) periodSee also
* cadence * commonness * occurrence * periodicityExternal links
* * * *adverb
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Noun
(en noun)- ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely ’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb .