Though vs Meanwhile - What's the difference?
though | meanwhile |
(lb) Despite that; however.
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*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (lb) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
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Despite the fact that; although.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
(lb) If, that, even if.
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* 1945 , (Oscar Hammerstein II), “ (musical)
*:Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
During the time (that something is happening).
At the same time, but elsewhere.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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As adverbs the difference between though and meanwhile
is that though is (lb) despite that; however while meanwhile is during the time (that something is happening).As a conjunction though
is despite the fact that; although.As a noun meanwhile is
the time between two events.though
English
Alternative forms
* tho *Adverb
(-)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
Synonyms
* (despite that) all the same, anyhow, anyway, even so, in any case, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yetConjunction
(English Conjunctions)Usage notes
* (if) This sense is now archaic, except in the fixed expression (as though).Synonyms
* (although) although, even thoughmeanwhile
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Adverb
(-)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}