Whereby vs Hence - What's the difference?
whereby | hence |
(interrogative, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how
By which.
* 1990 , Local management of schools , Kogan Page Ltd:
(nonstandard) Where.
* 1992 , The hotel receptionist , Paige, Jane and Paige, Grace, Cassell Educational:
(archaic) from here, from this place, away
* c.1599-1601 , , Act 4, Scene 1,
* 1849 , ,
(archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world
(archaic, of a length of time) in the future from now
(conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason
* 1910 , , Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8,
* 1910 , [1513], , Chapter VI,
* 1731 May 27, ,
(temporal location) from this time, from now
(obsolete) To send away.
As adverbs the difference between whereby and hence
is that whereby is by what, in which direction; how while hence is from here, from this place, away.As a verb hence is
to send away.whereby
English
Adverb
(-)- Other heads saw devolution as a whole new way of life and adopted an approach whereby the power of devolution was used to enable the school to drive the curriculum.
- This is an electronic system whereby executives are issued with small bleepers.
Usage notes
Use of whereby as a formal equivalent of where'' is nonstandard and is avoided by careful speakers and writers, who use ''where'' or ''in which instead. The term typically fails readability and comprehension review so it is generally avoided in published works. The term is also avoided by speakers as it makes it difficult to understand the message that is trying to be communicated.See also
* thereabout, thereafter, thereagainst, thereat, thereby, therefor, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinafter, thereof, thereon, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal * hereabout, hereafter, hereat, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereunder, hereupon, herewith * whereabouts, whereas, whereafter, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal English pronominal adverbshence
English
Adverb
(-)- I'm going hence , because you have insulted me.
- Get thee hence , Satan!
- O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence :
- 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?
- ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence .
- ''A year hence it will be forgotten.
- ''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
- ''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
- 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.
- Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
- That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;
- ''The plane will leave two months hence .
Synonyms
* consequentlyDerived terms
* henceforth * henceforwardVerb
(henc)- (Sir Philip Sidney)