Thereby vs Whereupon - What's the difference?
thereby | whereupon |
(formal) By it, by that.
* 1729 , :
* 1787 , :
After which, in consequence.
Upon which.
* 1835 , John Nichols, The Gentleman's Magazine , volume 158, page 495:
* 1846 , John Clarke Crosthwaite, Alexander Watson, Practical sermons, by dignitaries and other clergymen , page 270:
* 1880 , Cassell's family magazine , page 262:
* 1889 , Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly , volume 27, page 78:
* 1907 , Francis Bazley Lee, Genealogical and personal memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey , volume 2, page 530:
As an adverb thereby
is by it, by that.As a conjunction whereupon is
after which, in consequence.thereby
English
Adverb
- Thirdly'', Whereas the Maintainance of an hundred thousand Children, from two Years old, and upwards, cannot be computed at less than Ten Shillings a piece ''per Annum'', the Nation's Stock will be thereby encreased fifty thousand pounds ''per Annum'', besides the profit of a new Dish, introduced to the Tables of all ''Gentlemen of Fortune in the Kingdom, who have any refinement in Taste, and the Money will circulate among our selves, the Goods being entirely of our own Growth and Manufacture.
- This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby , any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
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* English pronominal adverbswhereupon
English
Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- The network went down, whereupon I made a cup of tea
- the wet cliff whereupon he stood
- My tender wife and children standing by, / Dewing the death-bed whereupon I lie.
- You see that the Apostle speaks as one who had distinct and certain knowledge of the grounds whereupon he was standing.
- Gradually, however, the white clouds resolved themselves into the snowy linen and coverlets of a bed whereupon he was lying, whilst the crimson light proved to be the effect of a blazing fire, [...]
- He sprung from his bed, whereupon one of them had fired. He pursued them as they retreated, and they fled out of the house by the back door. Thereupon he returned to the bed, saw that his wife had been shot, and roused the servants [...]
- [...] could take no rest except such as he obtained by supporting himself on his knees and elbows, being unable to suffer any part of his body to touch the bed whereupon he lay.