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Hereby vs Hereabout - What's the difference?

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As adverbs the difference between hereby and hereabout

is that hereby is (obsolete) near this place; nearby while hereabout is close to; nearby.

hereby

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (obsolete) Near this place; nearby.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.8:
    • There is a mighty man, which wonnes hereby , / That with most fell despight and deadly hate / Seekes to subvert her Crowne and dignity […].
  • (formal) By this means, action or process.
    • I hereby declare you husband and wife.

    hereabout

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hereabouts

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Close to; nearby.
    • ''I am sure my grandmother lived hereabout .