Regardless vs Though - What's the difference?
regardless | though |
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) Despite that; however.
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, 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.
As adverbs the difference between regardless and though
is that regardless is without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences while though is despite that; however.As an adjective regardless
is having no regard; heedless; careless.As a preposition regardless
is paying no attention to; regardless of.As a conjunction though is
despite the fact that; although.regardless
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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 confusionthough
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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.