Otherwise vs Despite - What's the difference?
otherwise | despite |
(lb) Differently, in another way.
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*2011 , Phil McNulty,
*:Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise .
(lb) In different circumstances; or else.
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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
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, title= (lb) In all other respects.
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*2013 , Phil McNulty,
*:Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland.
Other than supposed; different.
(obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
*Bible, Ezekiel xxv. 6
*:all thy despite against the land of Israel
*1599 , (Much Ado About Nothing), by (William Shakespeare),
*:DON PEDRO. Thou wast ever an obstinate heretic in the despite of beauty.
(archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
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*:he asked kynge Arthur yf he wold gyue hym leue to ryde after Balen and to reuenge the despyte' that he had done / Doo your best said Arthur I am right wroth said Balen I wold he were quyte of the ' despyte that he hath done to me and to my Courte
*Milton
*:a despite done against the Most High
Evil feeling; malice, spite.
In spite of, notwithstanding.
* 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet III :
* 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet XIX :
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=7 (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
As an adverb otherwise
is (lb) differently, in another way.As an adjective otherwise
is other than supposed; different.As a noun despite is
(obsolete) disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.As a preposition despite is
in spite of, notwithstanding.As a verb despite is
(obsolete) to vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.otherwise
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Alternative forms
* otherwizeAdverb
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Usage notes
* "Otherwise" is often used to refer to the negative of something. The something may be a noun phrase, a verb phrase, an adjective phrase, or an adverb phrase, or a clause, or even something larger.Synonyms
* (differently) contrarily, contrastingly * (in different circumstances) if not, else (See or else) * (in all other respects) apart from thatAntonyms
* likewiseAdjective
(-)- He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise .
despite
English
Alternative forms
* despight (obsolete)Noun
(-)Preposition
(English prepositions)- So thou through windows of thine age shall see
- Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.
- Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,
- My love shall in my verse ever live young.
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Derived terms
* despitefulVerb
(despit)- (Sir Walter Raleigh)