Wherefore vs Hence - What's the difference?
wherefore | hence | Related terms |
(conjunctive, archaic) Why, for what reason, because of what.
* 1920 , (Herman Cyril McNeile), Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
* "Job", Holy Bible King James Version, 21:7:
* 1595 ,
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(conjunctive, archaic, or, formal) Therefore.
(archaic) Because of which.
:* Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. (Isaiah 30:12-13)
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(archaic) from here, from this place, away
* c.1599-1601 , , Act 4, Scene 1,
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(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.
Wherefore is a related term of hence.
In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between wherefore and hence
is that wherefore is (archaic) because of which while hence is (archaic) from here, from this place, away.As adverbs the difference between wherefore and hence
is that wherefore is (conjunctive|archaic) why, for what reason, because of what while hence is (archaic) from here, from this place, away.As a conjunction wherefore
is (archaic) because of which.As a noun wherefore
is an intent or purpose; a why.As a verb hence is
(obsolete) to send away.wherefore
English
Adverb
(-)- "Good morning, Mrs. Denny," he said. "Wherefore this worried look on your face? Has that reprobate James been misbehaving himself?"
- Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
- Romeo, O Romeo. Wherefore art thou, Romeo?
- Every why hath a wherefore .
Usage notes
* A common misconception is that wherefore means where''; it has even been used in that sense in cartoon depictions of Romeo and Juliet, often played for comedic effect. In ''Romeo and Juliet'', the meaning of “Wherefore art thou Romeo?” () is not “''Where'' are you, Romeo?” but “''Why are you Romeo?” (i.e. “Why did you have to be a Montague?”).See also
*Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. (Isaiah 30:12-13)
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Derived terms
* whys and whereforeshence
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)