Future
Future adjective - Of a time after the present.
Usage example: we must preserve our national parks in all their glory so that future generations can experience the majesty of nature
Past
Past adjective - Having been such at some previous time.
Usage example: a past editor of the newspaper
How words are described
| good | good future | good past |
| full | full future | full past |
| glorious | glorious future | glorious past |
| long | long future | long past |
| Other adjectives: present, future, true, actual, entire, real, bad, terrible, horrible, distant, tragic, happy, personal, new, near, possible, far, unknown, alternate, different, said, feudal, worse. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Both series have more similarities with each other, such as being RPGs that take place in a present setting (as opposed to a past or future one), have many similar tunes, and similar story themes.
Source: Counterpart Comparison -
This is similar to a Time Police setting genre except it involves parallel worlds instead of the actual past or future.
Source: Tabletop Game / Infinite Worlds -
Which somehow works for things in the future, and allows people in the distant past or future to drop items usable in the present...through your memory.
Source: Video Game / Kingdom of Loathing
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