Current vs. Former — What's the Difference?

Belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now

A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature.

A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement

One that forms; a maker or creator

A flow of electricity which results from the ordered directional movement of electrically charged particles

A member of a school form

The general tendency or course of events or opinion

The first of two persons or things mentioned

Belonging to the present time; present-day

Relating to or taking place in the past

Being in progress now

Having been so in the past

Commonly accepted or used; prevalent

Being the first of two mentioned.

Passing from one to another; circulating, as money or a rumor

Previous.

Running; flowing.

First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.

A steady, smooth onward flow or movement

Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.

The part of a body of liquid or gas that has a continuous onward movement

An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.

A general tendency, movement, or course.

Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).

A flow of electric charge.

One who forms; a maker; a creator.

The amount of electric charge flowing past a specified circuit point per unit time, usually expressed in amperes.

A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.

The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.

Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.

The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) nocap=a.

Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.

(electricity) the amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.

Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.

A tendency or a course of events

The first of two or the first mentioned of two;

Existing or occurring at the moment.

Referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several);

Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.

Belonging to some prior time;

(India) Electric; of or relating to electricity.

(used especially of persons) of the immediate past;

(obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.

Of the distant past;

Running or moving rapidly.

Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.

Commonly estimated or acknowledged.

Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.

A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.

General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc.

A flow of electricity through a conductor;

A steady flow (usually from natural causes);

Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas;

Occurring in or belonging to the present time;