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Given vs Despite - What's the difference?

given | despite |

As verbs the difference between given and despite

is that given is while despite is (obsolete) to vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.

As prepositions the difference between given and despite

is that given is considering; taking into account while despite is in spite of, notwithstanding.

As nouns the difference between given and despite

is that given is a condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation while despite is (obsolete) disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.

As an adjective given

is already arranged.

given

English

Alternative forms

* giv'n

Verb

(head)

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Considering; taking into account.
    • Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Already arranged. (rfex)
  • Currently discussed. (rfex)
  • Particular, specific.
    • No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.
  • Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
    • Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
  • Prone, disposed.
    • He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.

    Statistics

    * English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles ----

    despite

    English

    Alternative forms

    * despight (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (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.
  • *:
  • *:he asked kynge Arthur yf he wold gyue hym leue to ryde after Balen and to reuenge the despyte' that he had done / Doo your best said Arthur I am right wroth said Balen I wold he were quyte of the ' despyte that he hath done to me and to my Courte
  • *Milton
  • *:a despite done against the Most High
  • Evil feeling; malice, spite.

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • In spite of, notwithstanding.
  • * 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet III :
    • So thou through windows of thine age shall see
    Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.
  • * 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet XIX :
    • Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,
    My love shall in my verse ever live young.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=7 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

    * despiteful

    Verb

    (despit)
  • (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
    • (Sir Walter Raleigh)

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