What is the difference between tho and though?
tho | though | Alternative forms |
(label) The (plural form); those.
Then; thereupon.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:
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Despite the fact that; although.
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(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.
Though is a alternative form of tho.
Though is a conjunction of tho.
As adverbs the difference between tho and though
is that tho is then; thereupon while though is despite that; however.As conjunctions the difference between tho and though
is that tho is when while though is despite the fact that; although.As an article tho
is the plural form; those.As a pronoun tho
is those; they.tho
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Article
(head)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Adverb
(-)Etymology 3
American English; Alteration of (though).Adverb
(-)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, … }}
Anagrams
* ----though
English
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.