Here vs Now - What's the difference?
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(label) In, on, or at this place.
* 1849 , (Alfred Tennyson), , VII,
* 2008 , (Omar Khadr), ,
(label) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.
* 1891 , (Charlotte Perkins Gilman), ,
(label) In this context.
* 1872 May, (Edward Burnett Tylor), '', published in ''(Popular Science Monthly) , Volume 1,
* 1904 January 15, (William James), (The Chicago School)'', published in ''(Psychological Bulletin) , 1.1, pages 1-5,
At this point in the argument or narration.
* 1796 , (w), ,
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=6, title= (abstract) This place; this location.
(abstract) This time, the present situation.
An army, host.
A hostile force.
(Anglo-Saxon) An invading army, either that of the enemy, or the national troops serving abroad. Compare (l).
An enemy, individual enemy.
Present; current.
* 17th C , , Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; in an Essay of the Vanity of Dogmatizing and Confident Opinion , 1885,
* 1855 , Conrad Swackhamer, The United States democratic review , Volume 5?,
* 1908 , The English reports ,
* 2010 March 17, The Telegraph'', news website, ''
(archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marriage.
(informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
At the present time.
* Arbuthnot
(sentence)
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=3
, passage=Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.}}
Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= At the time reached within a narration.
(obsolete) Very recently; not long ago.
* Waller
since something is true : because of the fact that something happened
: Now you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
since, because, in light of the fact.
— usually + that
: Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
: Now that''' we're all here, let's start the meeting. = Let's start the meeting '''now that everyone's here.
Indicates a signal to begin.
(uncountable) The present time.
# The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
# A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
#* (Emily Dickinson)
#* {{quote-book, ##*, 1982, Albert Hofstadter, The Basic Problems of Phenomenology, by=Martin Heidegger, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=VmatHCLJ4Q4C&pg=PA249, page=249
, passage=Time is not thrust together and summed up out of nows , but the reverse: with reference to the now we can articulate the stretching out of time always only in specific ways.}}
Now is a conjunction of here.
As adverbs the difference between here and now
is that here is in, on, or at this place while now is at the present time.As nouns the difference between here and now
is that here is this place; this location while now is the present time.As adjectives the difference between here and now
is that here is Filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis.now is present; current.As interjections the difference between here and now
is that here is Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.now is indicates a signal to begin.As a conjunction now is
since something is true : because of the fact that something happened.As an acronym NOW is
national Organization for Women.here
English
(wikipedia here)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Adverb
(-)- Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,
- The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here' to help you. I’m not '''here''' to do anything for you. I’m just ' here to get information.”
- He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.
- The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here , may be briefly defined:
- The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here .
- Here , perhaps I ought to stop.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=“And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here . Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
Derived terms
* hereabout * hereafter * hereaway * hereby * herein * hereinabove * hereinafter * hereinbefore * hereinbelow * hereof * hereon * hereto * heretofore * hereunder * hereunto * hereupon * herewithNoun
(-)- An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
- Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.
Quotations
* * *See also
* hence * here- * hereabouts * hither * thereEtymology 2
From Old (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)now
English
(wikipedia now)Adjective
(-)page 207,
- Defects seem as necessary to our now happiness as their Opposites.
- The history of the infant colonies teaches us that the country comprised within the limits of the now United States of America was originally patented in the reign of James I., of England, into two portions:'' that in less than eighty years from that period, the same was again divided into ''twelve'' distinct provinces; a ''thirteenth being after added in the creation of the State of Georgia.
- Where in assumpsit for money lent, the defendant pleaded that in an action in which the now' defendant was plaintiff, and the ' now plaintiff was defendant,.
Radio 4 apologises for day old shipping forecast,
- Radio 4's continuity announcer said at the end of the show: "As many of you will have noticed, that edition of The Now Show wasn't very now . It was actually last week's programme. Our apologies for that."
- Now wife.
- I think this band's sound is very now .
See also
* happeningAdverb
(-)- I have a patient now living, at an advanced age, who discharged blood from his lungs thirty years ago.
The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}
- They that but now , for honour and for plate, / Made the sea blush with blood, resign their hate.
Derived terms
* nowadays * now and then * right now *Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- ''We can play football now that the rain has stopped.
Interjection
(en-interj)!- ''Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!
Noun
(en-noun)- Now is the right time.
- There is no better time than now .
- She is living in the now .
- Forever is composed of nows .