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though | hence |

As adverbs the difference between though and hence

is that though is (lb) despite that; however while hence is (archaic) from here, from this place, away.

As a conjunction though

is despite the fact that; although.

As a verb hence is

(obsolete) to send away.

though

English

Alternative forms

* tho *

Adverb

(-)
  • (lb) Despite that; however.
  • :
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  • (lb) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
  • :

    • Synonyms

    * (despite that) all the same, anyhow, anyway, even so, in any case, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yet

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • Despite the fact that; although.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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.
  • (lb) If, that, even if.
  • :
  • * 1945 , (Oscar Hammerstein II), “ (musical)
  • *:Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.

    • Usage notes

    * (if) This sense is now archaic, except in the fixed expression (as though).

    Synonyms

    * (although) although, even though

    Statistics

    * English conjunctive adverbs English degree adverbs 1000 English basic words

    hence

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) from here, from this place, away
    • I'm going hence , because you have insulted me.
    Get thee hence , Satan!
  • * c.1599-1601 , , Act 4, Scene 1,
    • O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence :
  • * 1849 , ,
    • Ye men of Galilee! / Why stand ye looking up to heaven, where Him ye ne’er may see, / Neither ascending hence , nor returning hither again?
  • (archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world
    • ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence .
  • (archaic, of a length of time) in the future from now
    • ''A year hence it will be forgotten.
  • (conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason
    • ''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
    ''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
  • * 1910 , , Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8,
    • Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
  • * 1910 , [1513], , Chapter VI,
    • Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
  • * 1731 May 27, ,
    • That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;
  • (temporal location) from this time, from now
    • ''The plane will leave two months hence .

    Synonyms

    * consequently

    Derived terms

    * henceforth * henceforward

    Related terms

    * whence * thence

    Verb

    (henc)
  • (obsolete) To send away.
    • (Sir Philip Sidney)
    English conjunctive adverbs English location adverbs English temporal location adverbs