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Hitherto vs Whitherto - What's the difference?

hitherto | whitherto |

As adverbs the difference between hitherto and whitherto

is that hitherto is (formal|or|legal) up to this or that time while whitherto is to where; to which place or destination.

hitherto

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (formal, or, legal) Up to this or that time.
  • * 1830 , Anna Maria Porter, The Barony (volume 3, page 460)
    • The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind

    Related terms

    * heretofore * thitherto

    whitherto

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • To where; to which place or destination.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "whitherto")

    Usage notes

    * This word is uncommon in modern usage; where … to'' is now usually substituted (as in the example sentence: ''Where are you going to? ). It is now chiefly encountered in older works, or in poetic or literary writing.