The difference between Consequently and Hence

When used as adverbs, consequently means as a result or consequence of something, whereas hence means from here, from this place, away.


Hence is also interjection with the meaning: go away! begone!.

check bellow for the other definitions of Consequently and Hence

  1. Consequently as an adverb (conjunctive):

    As a result or consequence of something.

    Examples:

    "He didn't wake up early. Consequently, he was late to work."

  2. Consequently as an adverb (sequence, obsolete):

    subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

  1. Hence as an adverb (archaic):

    from here, from this place, away

    Examples:

    "I'm going hence, because you have insulted me."

    "Get thee hence, Satan!"

  2. Hence as an adverb (archaic, figuratively):

    from the living or from this world

    Examples:

    "After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence."

  3. Hence as an adverb (archaic, of a length of time):

    in the future from now

    Examples:

    "A year hence it will be forgotten."

  4. Hence as an adverb (conjunctive):

    as a result; therefore, for this reason

    Examples:

    "I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party."

    "The purse is handmade and hence very expensive."

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