Therefore vs Indeed - What's the difference?
therefore | indeed |
(conjunctive) For that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated.
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(conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
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, passage=Je pense, donc je suis (I think, therefore I am)}}
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
, passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts,
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(lb) Truly; in fact; actually.
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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.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
, passage=I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed , did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.}}
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
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*:With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed , allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= In fact.
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As adverbs the difference between therefore and indeed
is that therefore is (conjunctive) for that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated while indeed is (lb) truly; in fact; actually.As an interjection indeed is
indicates emphatic agreement.therefore
English
Adverb
(-)- I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.
- Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore ?
Well-connected Brains, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
- He blushes; therefore he is guilty.
Synonyms
* (for that purpose) so, thus, to that end, to this end * (consequently) hence, then, thus, accordingly, as a result, (math)Derived terms
*See also
*indeed
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Alternative forms
* endeed (obsolete)Adverb
(-)citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.}}
Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed , contain bacteria,
Synonyms
* (actually) certainly, definitely, in fact, indubitably, really, surely, truly, undoubtedlySynonyms
* absolutely * indubitably * okay * sure thingStatistics
*External links
*indeed] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary