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Tho vs Sho - What's the difference?

tho | sho |

As adverbs the difference between tho and sho

is that tho is then; thereupon while sho is nonstandard spelling of sure, based on dialectal pronunciation.

As an article tho

is the plural form; those.

As a pronoun tho

is those; they.

As a conjunction tho

is when.

As a noun sho is

a Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the sheng.

tho

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Article

(head)
  • (label) The (plural form); those.

    • Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (label) Those; they.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Then; thereupon.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:

    • Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (label) When.

    • Etymology 3

    American English; Alteration of (though).

    Adverb

    (-)
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    • , year=2009 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=John Hough , title=Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Simon and Schuster , isbn=9781416589655 , page=121 , passage=I wonder now when I will find time to read it but it is a treasure anyway tho heavy in my knapsack, … }}

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    sho

    English

    Etymology 1

    Phonetic Southern US dialectal spelling of sure.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (US, dialect, South, African American Vernacular English) nonstandard spelling of sure, based on dialectal pronunciation

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (sh?).

    Noun

    (wikipedia sho) (en noun)
  • A Japanese free reed musical instrument similar to the sheng.

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun) Of modern scholarly coinage.
  • A letter of the Greek alphabet used to write the Bactrian language: uppercase .

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