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In conjunctive|lang=en terms the difference between hence and anyway

is that hence is (conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason while anyway is (conjunctive) ; anyhow.

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between hence and anyway

is that hence is (obsolete) to send away while anyway is (obsolete) in any way.

As adverbs the difference between hence and anyway

is that hence is (archaic) from here, from this place, away while anyway is (obsolete) in any way.

As a verb hence

is (obsolete) to send away.

hence

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (archaic) from here, from this place, away
    • I'm going hence , because you have insulted me.
    Get thee hence , Satan!
  • * c.1599-1601 , , Act 4, Scene 1,
    • O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence :
  • * 1849 , ,
    • Ye men of Galilee! / Why stand ye looking up to heaven, where Him ye ne’er may see, / Neither ascending hence , nor returning hither again?
  • (archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world
    • ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence .
  • (archaic, of a length of time) in the future from now
    • ''A year hence it will be forgotten.
  • (conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason
    • ''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
    ''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
  • * 1910 , , Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8,
    • Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
  • * 1910 , [1513], , Chapter VI,
    • Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
  • * 1731 May 27, ,
    • That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;
  • (temporal location) from this time, from now
    • ''The plane will leave two months hence .

    Synonyms

    * consequently

    Derived terms

    * henceforth * henceforward

    Related terms

    * whence * thence

    Verb

    (henc)
  • (obsolete) To send away.
    • (Sir Philip Sidney)
    English conjunctive adverbs English location adverbs English temporal location adverbs

    anyway

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) In any way.
  • *, II.2.5:
    • He that sleeps in the day-time, or is in suspense, fear, anyway troubled in mind, or goes to bed upon a full stomach, may never hope for quiet rest in the night […].
  • (conjunctive) ; anyhow.
    • He didn't enjoy washing his car, but it was so dirty that he did it anyway .
  • (speech act) (Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement). See anyhow.
    • I don't think that's true. I haven't found any evidence, anyway .
  • * 1962 , (Bob Dylan),
    • But I wish there were somethin' you would do or say / To try and make me change my mind and stay / We never did too much talkin' anyway / Don't think twice, it's all right.
  • (speech act)
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * anywise