Regardless vs However - What's the difference?
regardless | however |
Having no regard; heedless; careless.
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Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
Paying no attention to; regardless of.
(lb) Nevertheless, nonetheless, even so, that said, in spite of this.
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(lb) In whatever way.
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In whatever manner (that).
To whatever extent.
(proscribed) Although, though, but, yet.
As adverbs the difference between regardless and however
is that regardless is without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences while however is nevertheless, nonetheless, even so, that said, in spite of this.As an adjective regardless
is having no regard; heedless; careless.As a preposition regardless
is paying no attention to; regardless of.As a conjunction however is
in whatever manner (that).regardless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others.
Derived terms
* regardless ofAdverb
(en adverb)- Tatiana knew the cauliflower was purple, but she ate it regardless .
Synonyms
* anyhow * anyway * at any rate * come what may * in any casePreposition
(English prepositions)- Tatiana ate the cauliflower regardless of its colour.
Usage notes
* Phrases such as 'regardless if' and 'regardless to' are technically incorrect. English words affected by confusionhowever
English
(POS mixed up)Adverb
(-)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however , by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however , has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
The tao of tech, passage=But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.}}
Usage notes
* (nevertheless) Strunk and White’s (The Elements of Style)'' argues that the adverb ''however , in its sense of nevertheless, should be avoided at the beginning of a sentence.Synonyms
* after all * but * nevertheless * nonetheless * notwithstanding * though * that said * still and allConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Do it however you want.
- However far he may get, there'll be many that get further.
- However much you prepare for the exam, there will still be a few questions on which you won't be sure of the answer.
Usage notes
*(although) The use of however'' as a conjunction meaning "but" is identical to its use as a clause-initial adverb meaning "nevertheless", except in punctuation (when written) and in prosody (when spoken). Hence, the following proscribed sentence:
(proscribed) ''He told me not to do it, however''' I did it.''
is equivalent to the following accepted one:
(accepted) ''He told me not to do it; '''however , I did it.''
In particular, when used as a conjunction in this sense, ''however always appears between the clauses it connects; it does not introduce a true subordinate clause that can be moved to the start of an independent clause, because a conjunctive adverb cannot do that.
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*References
* * * * "however (degree)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * "
however (despite)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * "
however (way)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)