Nevertheless vs Neither - What's the difference?
nevertheless | neither |
(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Not one of two; not either.
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, passage=She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;
Not either (used with nor).
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, title= (conjunctive) similarly not
::: Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
::: But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
::: When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!" — ::* "Neither you, Simon, nor the fifty thousand, nor the Romans, nor the Jews, nor Judas, nor the twelve, nor the priests, nor the scribes, nor doomed Jerusalem itself understand what power is, understand what glory is, understand at all." —
In conjunctive|lang=en terms the difference between nevertheless and neither
is that nevertheless is (conjunctive) in spite of what preceded; yet while neither is (conjunctive) similarly not.As adverbs the difference between nevertheless and neither
is that nevertheless is (conjunctive) in spite of what preceded; yet while neither is (conjunctive) similarly not.As a determiner neither is
not one of two; not either.As a pronoun neither is
not either one.As a conjunction neither is
not either (used with nor).nevertheless
English
Alternative forms
* ne'erthelessAdverb
(-)- No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless , afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness.
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Synonyms
* (in spite of what preceded) still, nonetheless, yet, though, howeverExternal links
* * English conjunctive adverbsneither
English
(wikipedia neither)Determiner
(en determiner)Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
Adverb
(-)- Just as you would not correct it, neither would I.
Usage notes
* Neither is used to mean none of two or more. Although some suggest that using the word neither with more than two items is incorrect, it has been commonly used to refer to more than two subjects since the 17th century. The more modern usage does prefer none with more than two things. * There is considerable variation in the number of the verb employed with this construction. :* Examples: ::* "That woman was neither a collector nor an art critic, but she understood the meaning I meant to give that work." — ::* "Has anyone ever loved you so much that they tried to kill you, or perhaps sucked you down into a hole so that you had to kill them to get away? Yeah, me neither." — ::* "You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work." — ::* "As if it were gold and could be neither good nor bad nor worth more nor worth less but must always be worth the same no matter what." — ::* "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,::: Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat;
::: But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
::: When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!" — ::* "Neither you, Simon, nor the fifty thousand, nor the Romans, nor the Jews, nor Judas, nor the twelve, nor the priests, nor the scribes, nor doomed Jerusalem itself understand what power is, understand what glory is, understand at all." —