What is the difference between 방금 and 금방?

Question

As far as I know, one of them means "a short while ago", the other "in a short time". Sometimes they are used interchangeably. I'm looking for an explanation of the two words, how they differ, and a few suitable example sentences. I keep confusing the two. A mnemonic might help, too.

Answer 1

"방금" indicates past tense and "금방" can be either past or future tense.

They have same meaning.

For example, "방금 숙제 다 했어" is " I just finished homework"

" 숙제 금방 할게" is " I will finish homework soon" -> future tense

" 너 언제 이거 만들었니? , 금방 만들었어 " is " When did you make this?, I made it just now" -> past tense

Hope this is helpful! :)