different between else vs too

English

Etymology

From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élyos, from *h?el- (“other”).

Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic ???????????????????? (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ????? (állos), Arcadocypriot ????? (aîlos), modern Greek ?????? (alliós, “otherwise, else”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?ls/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /?lts/
• Rhymes: -?ls

Adjective

else (not comparable)

1. (postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

   The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?

   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii^[1]:

     Prospero:

     Thou hast done well, fine Ariel. Follow me;

     Hark what thou else shalt do me.

Usage notes

• This adjective usually follows an indefinite or interrogative pronoun, as in the examples above. In other cases, the adjective other is typically used.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

else (not comparable)

1. (follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.

   How else (=in what other way) can it be done?

   I'm busy Friday; when else (=what other time) works for you?

Usage notes

• (otherwise): This word frequently follows interrogative adverbs, such as how, why, and when, as well as the derived however, whyever, and whenever.

Synonyms

• otherwise

Derived terms

• or else

Translations

Conjunction

else

1. For otherwise; or else.

   Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.

   • 1903, Jack London, The Call of the Wild, Grosset & Dunlap, page 44:

     […] and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.

Translations

See also

• and
• if
• not
• or
• then

Anagrams

• EELS, ELEs, Lees, Slee, eels, l'ees, lees, lese, seel, sele

Italian

Noun

else f

1. plural of elsa

Anagrams

• lese

English

Etymology

From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English t? (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition t? (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix t?- (“apart”)). Doublet of to, which see for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tu?/, [t?u??], enPR: to?o
• (US) IPA^(key): /tu/, [t?u?], enPR: to?o
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophones: two, to

Adverb

too (not comparable)

1. (focus) Likewise.
2. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
3. (degree) To an excessive degree; over; more than enough.
4. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree, very.

5. (affirmation, colloquial) Used to contradict a negative assertion.

Usage notes

• When used in their senses as degree adverbs, very and too never modify verbs; very much and too much do instead.

Synonyms

• (likewise, also): as well, along with, eke (obsolete)
• (over, more than enough): excessively, extremely, overmuch, unnecessarily

Translations

See also

• too too

Anagrams

• OTO, OoT, Oto, oot, oto, oto-

Acholi

Noun

too

1. fox

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to?/

Determiner

tóo

1. that, those (feminine)

See also

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Determiner

too n

1. neuter singular of tou

Galice

Noun

too

1. water

References

• Harry Hoijer, Galice Athapaskan: A Grammatical Sketch, International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 32:4 (October 1966), pages 320-327

Hiligaynon

Adjective

toó

1. dexter, right

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *too, from Proto-Uralic *to. Cognates include Finnish tuo and Estonian too.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?to?/

Pronoun

too

1. that

Determiner

too

1. that

Declension

See also

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) I?oran Keelen Grammatikka?^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 594
• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[4], page 18
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: ??????? ?? ????????? ??????^[5], ?ISBN, pages 13-14

Karao

Noun

too

1. person

Komba

Noun

too

1. water

References

• Neville et Gwyneth Southwell, Komba dictionary, page 37, 1969

Koyukon

Noun

too

1. water
   • (Can we date this quote?), Melissa Axelrod, The semantic of time. Aspectual Categorization in Koyukon Athabaskan, page 167 (Extrait de l’histoire traditionnelle : Tobaan Etseh)

     "Tsook?aa?, nelo too gheebenee?" ye?nee.

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?to?/

Noun

too

1. (intransitive) to rise

References

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin, ?ISBN, page 29

Sekani

Alternative forms

• choo (in some other dialects)

Noun

too

1. (Kwadacha dialect) water

References

• Sharon Hargus, Documenting for revitalization: Kwadacha Tsek'ene, a case study (2014)