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Hereby vs Therefore - What's the difference?

hereby | therefore |

As adverbs the difference between hereby and therefore

is that hereby is near this place; nearby while therefore is for that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated.

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.

    therefore

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (conjunctive) For that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated.
  • *
  • I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.
  • *
  • Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore ?
  • (conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
  • * , title=(Discourse on the Method)
  • , passage=Je pense, donc je suis (I think, therefore I am)}}
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , 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, 
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=
  • , volume=100, issue=2, page=171, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Well-connected Brains , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
  • * (rfdate), Spectator
  • He blushes; therefore he is guilty.

    Synonyms

    * (for that purpose) so, thus, to that end, to this end * (consequently) hence, then, thus, accordingly, as a result, (math)

    Derived terms

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    See also

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