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Difference between Some time and Sometime

some time

1. at some future time:

  • Rehearsals have already started and the record is expected to be released some time in the autumn.

2. for a period of time:

  • There is a class of women who take lodgings, and after staying some time run away without paying their rent.

sometime

1. = some time 1:

  • I almost forgot to say that the museum is slated for an opening sometime in the autumn.

2. (attrib.) former:

  • He is a man of peace, which goes well with a sometime secretary of defense.