Though vs Shough - What's the difference?
though | shough |
(lb) Despite that; however.
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, title= (lb) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.
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Despite the fact that; although.
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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.
(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.
(obsolete) A shockdog.
* 1623 , William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III Scene I
As an adverb though
is (lb) despite that; however.As a conjunction though
is despite the fact that; although.As an interjection shough is
.As a noun shough is
(obsolete) a shockdog.though
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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.
Synonyms
* (despite that) all the same, anyhow, anyway, even so, in any case, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yetConjunction
(English Conjunctions)Usage notes
* (if) This sense is now archaic, except in the fixed expression (as though).Synonyms
* (although) although, even thoughshough
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Noun
(en noun)- " Shoughs , water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept/ All by the name of dogs:"