Despite vs Yet - What's the difference?
despite | yet |
(obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
*Bible, Ezekiel xxv. 6
*:all thy despite against the land of Israel
*1599 , (Much Ado About Nothing), by (William Shakespeare),
*:DON PEDRO. Thou wast ever an obstinate heretic in the despite of beauty.
(archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
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*Milton
*:a despite done against the Most High
Evil feeling; malice, spite.
In spite of, notwithstanding.
* 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet III :
* 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet XIX :
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, chapter=7 (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
(dialectal) To melt; found; cast, as metal.
(usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.
Continuously up to the current time; still.
* Addison
At some future time; eventually.
* Shakespeare
(after certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
In addition.
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* Francis Bacon
Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
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Yet is a conjunction of despite.
As nouns the difference between despite and yet
is that despite is disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred while yet is a metal pan or boiler; yetling.As verbs the difference between despite and yet
is that despite is to vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously while yet is to melt; found; cast, as metal.As a preposition despite
is in spite of, notwithstanding.As an adverb yet is
thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.As a conjunction yet is
nevertheless; however; but; despite that.despite
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Alternative forms
* despight (obsolete)Noun
(-)Preposition
(English prepositions)- So thou through windows of thine age shall see
- Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.
- Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,
- My love shall in my verse ever live young.
citation, passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
Derived terms
* despitefulVerb
(despit)- (Sir Walter Raleigh)
Anagrams
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(wikipedia yet)Etymology 1
From (etyl) yeten, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (obsolete)Verb
(yett)Etymology 2
From (etyl) yet, yit, from (etyl) .Anatoly Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction'', s.v. “yet” (Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2008), xlvi.Marlies Philippa et al., eds., ''Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands , A-Z, s.v. “ooit” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009):Adverb
(-)- facts they had heard while they were yet heathens
- He'll be hanged yet .
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia, passage=After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.}}
- Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them.
Derived terms
* not yetReferences
Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
- Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
No hiding place, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}