Therefore vs Wherewith - What's the difference?
therefore | wherewith |
(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=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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(archaic) With which; with what.
* Matthew 5:13:
*:Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
* Zechariah 14:12:
*:And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem.
(archaic) Something with which; the means by which.
*, II.12:
*:Hath not he wherewith to be beholding unto this his killing vivacitie?
As adverbs the difference between therefore and wherewith
is that therefore is (conjunctive) for that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated while wherewith is (archaic) with which; with what.As a noun wherewith is
(archaic) something with which; the means by which.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 ?
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- He blushes; therefore he is guilty.