Skip to main content
Commonly Confused

उच्चारण कैसे करें than vs then

प्रमुख ध्वन्यात्मक अंतर

‘Then’ (⁄ðɛn⁄) refers to time or consequence, while ‘than’ (⁄ðæn⁄ or ⁄ðən⁄) is used strictly for comparisons.

अंतर: Vowel nucleus: ⁄ɛ⁄ vs ⁄æ⁄ (or weak ⁄ə⁄)

than

⁄ðæn⁄

शब्दांश

THAN

परिभाषा:

Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

“Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.”

then

⁄ðɛn⁄

शब्दांश

THEN

परिभाषा:

At that time.

“He was happy then.”

मूल वक्ताओं के वीडियो क्लिप और सुनने का अभ्यास

कुल 80 वीडियो उदाहरण
अलग-अलग सुनें:

अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न: than बनाम then

Difference between than and then?

‘Then’ (⁄ðɛn⁄) refers to time or consequence, while ‘than’ (⁄ðæn⁄ or ⁄ðən⁄) is used strictly for comparisons.

Syllable stress in than vs then?

"than" has 1 syllables (than). "then" has 1 syllables (then).

Why are than and then easily confused?

Vowel nucleus: ⁄ɛ⁄ vs ⁄æ⁄ (or weak ⁄ə⁄)

Example sentences for than and then?

"than": Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. "then": He was happy then.