Earlier and Yet

Earlier

Earlier adverb - So as to precede something in order of time.

Yet and earlier are semantically related in precede topic. In some cases you can use "Yet" instead an adverb "Earlier".

Yet

Yet adverb - At a later time.

Earlier and yet are semantically related in precede topic. Sometimes you can use "Earlier" instead an adverb "Yet", if it concerns topics such as up until now.

Both words in one sentence

  • Visual Novel / Higurashi: When They Cry Present Day Past: The series is set in the earlier 1980s yet there are a couple things that really shouldn't be back there.
  • Creator / H.P. Lovecraft Irony: As stated above, he had anti-semitic views earlier in his life, yet he married a Jewish woman.
  • Framing the Guilty Party Yet another episode had a badly burnt body being found inside the chimney of a guy previously found suspect of the murder of a teenage girl years earlier.
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