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What's the difference between farewell and goodbye?
Can you explain it to me? Thanks in advance
Nov 25, 2018 6:23 AM
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The above answers are correct, but they fail to point out one key fact:
Nobody actually says "Farewell" any more. You will come across people saying "Farewell" in novels, plays, songs and poems written a hundred or more years ago.
You will NEVER hear this in modern English.
November 25, 2018
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Farewell is as a rule used for saying goodbye to someone when you do not expect to see them again for a long time.
November 25, 2018
Goodbye is used as an everyday term usually when two people are ending their interaction (or it maybe used as a short time) while farewell is more formal and usually implies that you will never see the person again (or it will be a long time).
November 25, 2018
I think now you can better understand the difference from my answer.
November 25, 2018
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