What is the difference between hence and therefore?
hence | therefore |
(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.
(conjunctive) For that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated.
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(conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
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, passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts,
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Therefore is a synonym of hence.
Therefore is a conjunction of hence.
In conjunctive terms the difference between hence and therefore
is that hence is as a result; therefore, for this reason while therefore is consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.As adverbs the difference between hence and therefore
is that hence is from here, from this place, away while therefore is for that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated.As a verb hence
is to send away.hence
English
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)
therefore
English
Adverb
(-)- I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.
- Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore ?
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- He blushes; therefore he is guilty.