What's the difference between here and thither?

Here


Definition:

  • (pron. pl.) Of them; their.
  • (n.) Hair.
  • (pron.) See Her, their.
  • (pron.) Her; hers. See Her.
  • (adv.) In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
  • (adv.) In the present life or state.
  • (adv.) To or into this place; hither. [Colloq.] See Thither.
  • (adv.) At this point of time, or of an argument; now.

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Thither


Definition:

  • (adv.) To that place; -- opposed to hither.
  • (adv.) To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither.
  • (a.) Being on the farther side from the person speaking; farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither side of the water.
  • (a.) Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of more years than. See Hither, a.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A long throw is hoiked in towards Huth, who flings himself through the air and barges into various defenders, sending them scattering hither and thither, before Shawcross prods the ball home from the resulting carnage.
  • (2) Step forward, then, Charlotte Lucas, you magnificently clear-eyed, steel‑spined, iron-willed creature who, while everyone else is mooning over dance partners, parsing glances and bobbing curls hither and thither, is taking a cold, hard, dispassionate look at her situation and making a reckoning of the fates to come.
  • (3) The organisers of the Fifa World Cup condemn these acts of violence and we will communicate further information and measures to be taken.” After the initial shock there was an air of farce as the fans, having run past the escalators that would have gained them entry to the stands, ran hither and thither seeking a way in, chased by security.
  • (4) If past experience is a guide, migrants resent being sent hither and thither, and quickly find ways to go to the places they wanted to go to in the first instance – places where they think conditions are better, where they feel more welcome, or where there are established communities from their countries of origin.
  • (5) The ferries are operated by men of a certain age who leap hither and thither, offering twinkly chivalrous winks to the ladies aboard.
  • (6) Spiralling galaxies of ignorance roll majestically against a backdrop of what looks like dark prejudice, dotted hither and thither with winking stars of snide innuendo.

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