What is the difference between whither and thither?
whither | thither | Related terms |
(literary, or, archaic) To which place.
* 1918 , , Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 8
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* 1885 , , Penguin Red Classics, paperback edition, page 24
To that place.
* Bible, Genesis xix. 20
* 1661 , , p. 9:
* 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops :
(dated) To that point, end, or result.
Thither is a related term of whither.
Whither is a related term of thither.
As adverbs the difference between whither and thither
is that whither is (literary|or|archaic) to which place while thither is to that place.As a conjunction whither
is (literary|or|archaic) to which place.As a verb whither
is (intransitive|obsolete|dialectal) to wuther.whither
English
Adverb
(-)- The wagon jolted on, carrying me I knew not whither .
- And with the same grave countenance he hurried through his breakfast and drove to the police station, whither the body had been carried.
Usage notes
* This word is unusual in modern usage; where is much more common. It is more often encountered in older works, or when used poetically. * Do not confuse with whether'' or ''wither .Derived terms
* anywhither * nowhither * whitherward * whithereverSynonyms
* wheretoAntonyms
* whencethither
English
Adverb
(-)- This city is near; O, let me escape thither .
- And there rises a shining palace whose crystal glittering roof is seen by mariners who traverse the extensive sea in barks built expressly for that purpose, and thither come all herds and fatlings and firstfruits of that land for O'Connell Fitzsimon takes toll of them, a chieftain descended from chieftains.
- The argument tended thither .
