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As verbs the difference between yet and hence

is that yet is (dialectal) to melt; found; cast, as metal while hence is (obsolete) to send away.

As adverbs the difference between yet and hence

is that yet is (usually with negative) thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time while hence is (archaic) from here, from this place, away.

As a noun yet

is (dialectal) a metal pan or boiler; yetling.

As a conjunction yet

is nevertheless; however; but; despite that.

yet

English

(wikipedia yet)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) yeten, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l) (obsolete)

Verb

(yett)
  • (dialectal) To melt; found; cast, as metal.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.

    • 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): More at aye and .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (usually with negative) Thus far; up to the present; up to some specified time.
  • Continuously up to the current time; still.
  • * Addison
    • facts they had heard while they were yet heathens
  • At some future time; eventually.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He'll be hanged yet .
  • (after certain copulative verbs, followed by an infinitive) Not as of the time referenced.
  • In addition.
  • * , chapter=10
    • , title= 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.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= 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.}}
  • (degree) Even.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Men may not too rashly believe the confessions of witches, nor yet the evidence against them.
    Derived terms
    * not yet
    References

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • Nevertheless; however; but; despite that.
  • *
    • 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;.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
    Derived terms
    * as yet

    Anagrams

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    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