Albeit vs Regardless - What's the difference?
albeit | regardless |
although, despite being
Having no regard; heedless; careless.
* 1843 , :
Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
Paying no attention to; regardless of.
As a conjunction albeit
is although, despite being.As an adjective regardless is
having no regard; heedless; careless.As an adverb regardless is
without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.As a preposition regardless is
paying no attention to; regardless of.albeit
English
Conjunction
- He has a very good idea, albeit a strange one.
Usage notes
Unlike although'', ''albeit cannot also introduce an independent clause. Either can introduce a noun phrase, adjectival phrase, or adverbial phrase.Quotations
* 2001 , (Eoin Colfer), , page 92: *: The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men’s mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary. * 2007 June 17, Ellen Marrus, in the Houston Chronicle : *: There’s an easy, albeit expensive, way to fix the national crisis in forensic crime labs. * {{quote-news, year=2011 , date=September 24 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania , work=BBC Sportcitation, page= , passage=Up front, skipper and open-side Lewis Moody looked almost back to full fitness, while England's set-piece was barely troubled, albeit against a Romania side showing 11 changes from that beaten by Argentina earlier in the week.}}
regardless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others.
Derived terms
* regardless ofAdverb
(en adverb)- Tatiana knew the cauliflower was purple, but she ate it regardless .
Synonyms
* anyhow * anyway * at any rate * come what may * in any casePreposition
(English prepositions)- Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless of its colour.
