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Hither vs Herein - What's the difference?

hither | herein |

As a noun hither

is nettle (urtica ).

As an adverb herein is

within this content, context, or thing.

hither

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (literary, or, archaic) To this place, to here.
    • He went hither and thither.
  • over here

    • Derived terms

    * hitherto * hitherward

    Related terms

    * thither * whither * hither and thither

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic) On this side; the nearer.
  • * 1954', The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the '''hither side of good and evil. — Aldous Huxley, ''The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)

    • herein

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Within this content, context, or thing.

    • Related terms

    * hereinbefore * therein

    See also

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    Anagrams

    * English pronominal adverbs English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----