Definitions
- Used to indicate a short time ago. - Used to indicate fairness or impartiality. - Used to indicate a small amount or degree of something.
- Used to indicate that there is no one or nothing else involved. - Used to indicate a restriction or limitation. - Used to indicate that something is not enough or sufficient.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words are used to indicate a limitation or restriction.
- 2Both words can be used to emphasize a small amount or degree of something.
- 3Both words can be used as adverbs to modify verbs or adjectives.
What is the difference?
- 1Usage: Just is often used to indicate fairness or impartiality, while only is used to indicate a lack or insufficiency.
- 2Meaning: Just emphasizes the correctness or appropriateness of something, while only emphasizes the exclusivity or limitation of something.
- 3Position: Just is often used before the verb or adjective it modifies, while only can be used before or after the word it modifies.
- 4Connotation: Just can have a positive connotation, while only can have a negative connotation.
- 5Frequency: Just is less common than only in everyday language.
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Remember this!
Just and only are both used to indicate a limitation or restriction, but they have different meanings and connotations. Just emphasizes fairness or impartiality, while only emphasizes exclusivity or limitation. Just is less common than only in everyday language, and just is often used before the verb or adjective it modifies, while only can be used before or after the word it modifies.
