Nevertheless vs Spite - What's the difference?
nevertheless | spite |
(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.
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(obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
(obsolete) To be angry at; to hate.
To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
As an adverb nevertheless
is in spite of what preceded; yet.As a noun spite is
ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor.As a verb spite is
to treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.As a preposition spite is
notwithstanding; despite.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 adverbsspite
English
Etymology 1
From a shortening of (etyl) despit, from (etyl) despit (whence despite). Compare also Dutch spijt.Noun
(en-noun)- He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.
- They did it just for spite .
- This is the deadly spite that angers.
- "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite." Shakespeare, Hamlet
Verb
(spit)- She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.
- The Danes, then pagans, spited places of religion. — Fuller.
- Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavoured to abolish not only their learning, but their language. — Sir. W. Temple.