Now
Now noun - The time currently existing or in progress.
Usage example: I know I said you could go, but that was then and this is now
Yesterday
Yesterday noun - The events or experience of former times.
Usage example: my grandparents are always reminiscing about yesterday
Both words in one sentence
- Subverting the old joke, this character really was born yesterday, or this week at least, either artificially aged or just plain made the age they are now.
Source: Really Was Born Yesterday - Now, it's just as inevitably a cue for the punchline, "It was yesterday." or in more extreme cases "It was today."
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You should have gone to Morrow yesterday and back today For the train that goes to Morrow is a mile upon its way If you had gone to Morrow yesterday, now don't you see?
Source: Who's on First?
Cite this Source
Yesterday and Now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/yesterday
Now & Yesterday. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/yesterday>.
Yesterday or Now. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/yesterday.
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