Howbeit vs Hence - What's the difference?
howbeit | hence |
(archaic) Although.
* 1749 , , Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, page 424,
(archaic) Be that as it may; nevertheless.
* 1607 , , Coriolanus , act 1, sc. 9,
* 1871 , Through Death to Love, lines 7-10:
(archaic) from here, from this place, away
* c.1599-1601 , , Act 4, Scene 1,
* 1849 , ,
(archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world
(archaic, of a length of time) in the future from now
(conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason
* 1910 , , Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8,
* 1910 , [1513], , Chapter VI,
* 1731 May 27, ,
(temporal location) from this time, from now
(obsolete) To send away.
In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between howbeit and hence
is that howbeit is (archaic) be that as it may; nevertheless while hence is (archaic) from here, from this place, away.As adverbs the difference between howbeit and hence
is that howbeit is (archaic) be that as it may; nevertheless while hence is (archaic) from here, from this place, away.As a conjunction howbeit
is (archaic) although.As a verb hence is
(obsolete) to send away.howbeit
English
Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Howbeit we have not yet been able to overtake young madam, we may account it some good fortune that we have hitherto traced her course aright.
Adverb
(-)- I will go wash;
- And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
- Whether I blush or no: howbeit , I thank you.
- ''Our hearts discern wild images of Death,
- ''Shadows and shoals that edge eternity.
- ''Howbeit athwart Death's imminent shade doth soar
- One Power
hence
English
Adverb
(-)- I'm going hence , because you have insulted me.
- Get thee hence , Satan!
- O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence :
- Ye men of Galilee! / Why stand ye looking up to heaven, where Him ye ne’er may see, / Neither ascending hence , nor returning hither again?
- ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence .
- ''A year hence it will be forgotten.
- ''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
- ''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
- Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
- Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
- That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;
- ''The plane will leave two months hence .
Synonyms
* consequentlyDerived terms
* henceforth * henceforwardVerb
(henc)- (Sir Philip Sidney)