Use of : "Despite " vs " Although "
DESPITE : “Despite” is a preposition used to show contrast or an unexpected result. It is followed by a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase, not a full sentence. It is generally used before short phrases. For example, “Despite the heavy rain, we went for a picnic.” Here, “the heavy rain” is a noun phrase.
“Despite” āĻāĻāĻž preposition āĻ¯āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ noun, pronoun āĻŦāĻž noun phrase āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžā§°āĻŖāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ phrase ā§° āĻāĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, “Despite the heavy rain, we went for a picnic.” āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ “the heavy rain” āĻāĻāĻž noun phraseāĨ¤
Ex: Despite the heavy rain, the children continued playing football.(āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻŦā§°āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ āĻ˛’ā§°āĻž-āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤) Explanation: “Despite” is followed by the noun phrase “the heavy rain.”(āĻā§āĻžāĻ¤ “Despite” ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ noun phrase “the heavy rain” āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
ALTHOUGH : “Although” is a conjunction used to connect two contrasting ideas. It is followed by a complete clause containing a subject and a verb. It is used before full sentences. For example, “Although she was tired, she kept studying.” Here, “she was tired” is a full clause.
“Although” āĻāĻāĻž conjunction āĻ¯āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ§āĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ subject āĻā§°ā§ verb āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ clause āĻāĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ā§° āĻāĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, “Although she was tired, she kept studying.” āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ “she was tired” āĻāĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ clauseāĨ¤
Ex: Although it was raining heavily, the children continued playing football.(āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§°āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¤āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻ˛’ā§°āĻž-āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤) Explanation: “Although” is followed by the full clause “it was raining heavily.”(āĻā§āĻžāĻ¤ “Although” ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ clause “it was raining heavily” āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤)