Difference between Earliest and Soonest

What is the difference between Earliest and Soonest?

Earliest as an adjective is superlative of early. while Soonest as an adjective is short in length of time from the present.

Earliest

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Superlative of early.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Superlative of early.

Example sentence: When I first started drawing the earliest incarnation of 'Optic Nerve,' I hadn't even been on a date; I hadn't had a romantic relationship of any kind yet, so in a way, I was almost writing science fiction.

Soonest

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Short in length of time from the present.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Immediately, instantly.Very soon.

We hope you now know whether to use Earliest or Soonest in your sentence.

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