Past and Recent

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Past

Past adjective - Earlier than the present time; no longer current.
Usage example: his youth is past
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Recent is a synonym for past in last topic. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective "Past", when it comes to topics like former, olden.

Recent

Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.
Usage example: a recent issue of the journal
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Past is a synonym for recent. You can use "Past" instead an adjective "Recent".
Nearby Words: recently, recency

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  • This is a speculative tale that takes place in undiscovered or semidiscovered country in the present or "recent" (usually no earlier than the early 20th century) past supposedly on this Earth.
    Source: Jungle Opera
  • Future Imperfect When present-day writers get the past wrong, it's Anachronism Stew or Popular History for more recent history; similarly, when past writers predicted the then-future/now-past badly, that's Zeerust.
    Source: Future Imperfect
  • Examples are Snowman/Spades Slick, past Eridan/Vriska, past but very recent Terezi/Vriska, and Karkat/John (unrequited because human John doesn't have a concept of romantic hate).
    Source: Arch Enemy / Web Comics
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