Difference between Otherwise and Differently

What is the difference between Otherwise and Differently?

Otherwise as an adverb is differently, in another way. while Differently as an adverb is in a different way.

Otherwise

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Differently, in another way. In different circumstances. In all other respects.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Other than supposed, different.

Example sentence: A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

Differently

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a different way.

Example sentence: The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them.

We hope you now know whether to use Otherwise or Differently in your sentence.

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