different between though vs chough

English

Alternative forms

• tho, tho’, thô
• thogh (obsolete)
• thot (Scottish, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English thaugh, thagh, from Old English þ?ah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”), later superseded in many dialects by Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó); both from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-k?e (“and”).

Akin to Scots thoch (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: th?, IPA^(key): /ð??/
• (General American) enPR: th?, IPA^(key): /ðo?/
• Rhymes: -??

Adverb

though (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) Despite that; however.
2. (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.

Synonyms

• (despite that): all the same, anyhow, anyway, even so, in any case, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, yet; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless

Translations

Conjunction

though

1. Despite the fact that; although.
2. (archaic) If, that, even if.
   • 1945, Oscar Hammerstein II, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (song), in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel (musical)

     Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.

Usage notes

• (if): This sense is now archaic, except in the fixed expression as though.

Synonyms

• (although): although, even though; see also Thesaurus:even though

Translations

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English choughe, cho?e, coo, cheo, from Old English ??o (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ?eahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahwu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”).

Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??f/
• (UK)
• Rhymes: -?f
• Homophone: chuff

Noun

chough (plural choughs)

1. Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
   • c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:

     For parot is no churlish Chowgh, nor no flekyd pye
     Parrot is no pendugum, that men call a carlyng
     Parrot is no woodecocke, nor no butterfly
     Parrot is no stameryng stare, y^t men call a starlyng
     But Parot is my owne dere harte, & my dere derl?g

2. The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.

Derived terms

• alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
• red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
• white-winged chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)

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