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Howbeit vs Hence - What's the difference?

howbeit | hence |

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)
  • (archaic) Although.
  • * 1749 , , Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, page 424,
  • 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

    (-)
  • (archaic) Be that as it may; nevertheless.
  • * 1607 , , Coriolanus , act 1, sc. 9,
  • I will go wash;
    And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
    Whether I blush or no: howbeit , I thank you.
  • * 1871 , Through Death to Love, lines 7-10:
  • ''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

    (-)
  • (archaic) from here, from this place, away
  • I'm going hence , because you have insulted me.
    Get thee hence , Satan!
  • * c.1599-1601 , , Act 4, Scene 1,
  • O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence :
  • * 1849 , ,
  • 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?
  • (archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world
  • ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence .
  • (archaic, of a length of time) in the future from now
  • ''A year hence it will be forgotten.
  • (conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason
  • ''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
    ''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
  • * 1910 , , Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8,
  • 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.
  • * 1910 , [1513], , Chapter VI,
  • Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
  • * 1731 May 27, ,
  • That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;
  • (temporal location) from this time, from now
  • ''The plane will leave two months hence .

    Synonyms

    * consequently

    Derived terms

    * henceforth * henceforward

    Verb

    (henc)
  • (obsolete) To send away.
  • (Sir Philip Sidney)
    English conjunctive adverbs English location adverbs English temporal location adverbs