Hence vs. Thence — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hence and Thence
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Hence
For this reason; therefore
Handmade and hence expensive.
Thence
From that place; from there
Flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow.
Hence
From this source
They grew up in the Sudan.
Hence their interest in Nubian art.
Thence
From that circumstance or source; therefrom.
Hence
From this time; from now
A year hence it will be forgotten.
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Thence
(Archaic) From that time; thenceforth. See Usage Note at whence.
Hence
From this place; away from here
Get you hence!.
Thence
(formal) From there, from that place or from that time.
I came thence.
Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).
Hence
From this life.
Thence
(literary) Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.
Hence
(archaic) from here, from this place, away
I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.
Get thee hence, Satan!
Thence
(archaic) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter
Hence
From the living or from this world
After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.
Thence
From that place.
When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.
Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence.
Hence
(of a length of time) in the future from now
A year hence it will be forgotten.
Thence
From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days.
Hence
(conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason
I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
Thence
For that reason; therefore.
Not to sit idle with so great a giftUseless, and thence ridiculous, about him.
Hence
(obsolete) Go away! Begone!
"...Hence! and bestow your dead
Where no wrong against him cries!"
Thence
Not there; elsewhere; absent.
Hence
To utter "hence!" to; to send away.
Thence
From that place or from there;
Proceeded thence directly to college
Flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow
Roads that lead therefrom
Hence
To depart; to go away.
Thence
From that circumstance or source;
Atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible
A natural conclusion follows thence
Public interest and a policy deriving therefrom
Typhus fever results therefrom
Hence
From this place; away.
Arise, let us go hence.
I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
Thence
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result;
Therefore X must be true
The eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory
We were young and thence optimistic
It is late and thus we must go
The witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
Hence
From this time; in the future; as, a week hence.
Hence
From this reason; therefore; - as an inference or deduction.
Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom.
Hence
From this source or origin.
All other faces borrowed henceTheir light and grace.
Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts?
An ancient author prophesied from hence.
Expelled from hence into a worldOf woe and sorrow.
Hence
To send away.
Hence
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result;
Therefore X must be true
The eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory
We were young and thence optimistic
It is late and thus we must go
The witness is biased and so cannot be trusted
Hence
From this place;
Get thee hence!
Hence
From this time;
A year hence it will be forgotten
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