Henceforth vs Thither - What's the difference?
henceforth | thither |
(formal) From now on; from this time on.
* William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I, scene II:
To that place.
* Bible, Genesis xix. 20
* 1661 , , p. 9:
* 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops :
(dated) To that point, end, or result.
As adverbs the difference between henceforth and thither
is that henceforth is from now on; from this time on while thither is to that place.henceforth
English
Adverb
(-)- My thanes and kinsmen,/'Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland /In such an honour named
- I will try to do a better job, henceforth , now that I know the proper technique!
Synonyms
* henceforwardthither
English
Adverb
(-)- This city is near; O, let me escape thither .
- And there rises a shining palace whose crystal glittering roof is seen by mariners who traverse the extensive sea in barks built expressly for that purpose, and thither come all herds and fatlings and firstfruits of that land for O'Connell Fitzsimon takes toll of them, a chieftain descended from chieftains.
- The argument tended thither .
