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Macaroon Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Difference between onset and outset?
What is the difference between onset and outset? On dictionary, they both means the beginning or start. Is there are particular situations where we use one word more than another? or can they be used interchangeably?
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I think of "outset" as the beginning of some activity or enterprise undertaken by people. I think of "onset" as the beginning if something which is not under human control, such as the onset of a disease, or the onset of an earthquake.
- I think of "outset" as the beginning of some activity or enterprise undertaken by people.
- I think of "onset" as the beginning if something which is not under human control, such as the onset of a disease, or the onset of an earthquake.
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I think of "outset" as the beginning of some activity or enterprise undertaken by people.
I think of "onset" as the beginning if something which is not under human control, such as the onset of a disease, or the onset of an earthquake.
I think of "onset" as the beginning if something which is not under human control, such as the onset of a disease, or the onset of an earthquake.
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I think that 'outset' points more towards the time of an event - i.e. *at* the starting point in time of a journey or a process.
'Onset' seems to me to be specifically about the first stages of some kind of action - e.g. the onset of a disease describes the stages when it begins to affect someone, or we talk about the onset of war as it begins to take hold of politics, economies and affe
'Onset' seems to me to be specifically about the first stages of some kind of action - e.g. the onset of a disease describes the stages when it begins to affect someone, or we talk about the onset of war as it begins to take hold of politics, economies and affe
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