Hence vs Likewise - What's the difference?
hence | likewise |
(archaic) from here, from this place, away
* c.1599-1601 , , Act 4, Scene 1,
* 1849 , ,
(archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world
(archaic, of a length of time) in the future from now
(conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason
* 1910 , , Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8,
* 1910 , [1513], , Chapter VI,
* 1731 May 27, ,
(temporal location) from this time, from now
(obsolete) To send away.
(manner) In a similar manner.
(conjunctive) also; moreover; too.
* about 1900 , O. Henry,
The same to you; (used as a response).
In conjunctive terms the difference between hence and likewise
is that hence is as a result; therefore, for this reason while likewise is also; moreover; too.As adverbs the difference between hence and likewise
is that hence is from here, from this place, away while likewise is in a similar manner.As a verb hence
is to send away.hence
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Adverb
(-)- I'm going hence , because you have insulted me.
- Get thee hence , Satan!
- O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence :
- 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?
- ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence .
- ''A year hence it will be forgotten.
- ''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
- ''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
- 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.
- Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
- That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;
- ''The plane will leave two months hence .
Synonyms
* consequentlyDerived terms
* henceforth * henceforwardVerb
(henc)- (Sir Philip Sidney)
likewise
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Alternative forms
* likewizeAdverb
(-)- Public transportation is virtually inaccessible in this country; likewise , its hospitals are also not very user-friendly.
- Margaret enjoys playing tennis on Saturdays, Jeremy likewise .
- "But it looks like the kid ain't got no appetite to git well, for they misses him from the tent in the night and finds him rootin' in the grass, and likewise a drizzle fallin'. 'G'wan,' he says, 'lemme go and die like I wanter. He said I was a liar and a fake and I was playin' sick. Lemme alone.'
- It was very nice meeting you, Samantha. &
- x2015; Likewise , Mr Thompson.