Though vs Those - What's the difference?
though | those |
(lb) Despite that; however.
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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.
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As an adverb though
is despite that; however.As a conjunction though
is despite the fact that; although.As a determiner those is
plural of lang=en.As a pronoun those is
plural of lang=en.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.
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 thoughthose
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Determiner
(en determiner)- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts.}}