Difference between Oft and Oftentimes

What is the difference between Oft and Oftentimes?

Oft as an adverb is often; frequently; not rarely; many times (chiefly poetic and dialectal). while Oftentimes as an adverb is frequently

Oft

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: often; frequently; not rarely; many times (chiefly poetic and dialectal).

Example sentence: The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Oftentimes

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: frequentlyrepeatedly

Example sentence: So many entrepreneurs approach me and say, 'I want to start the next big thing,' and I say, 'Well, what are you solving?' And oftentimes they say, 'Oh, I'm not sure. I want to start something big.' You can never start something big without solving something small, right?

We hope you now know whether to use Oft or Oftentimes in your sentence.

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