Except
Except conjunction - If it were not for the fact that.
Usage example: I'd go, except it's too far
Yet and except are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yet" instead a conjunction "Except".
Yet
Yet conjunction - If it were not for the fact that.
Usage example: it feels like summer, yet according to the calendar we're still in early spring
Except and yet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Except" instead a conjunction "Yet".
Both words in one sentence
- Bali folklore has yet another similar creature known as the Leyak, except it only drinks blood from the fetuses of pregnant women.
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The Yehio have yet to appear themselves, but are confirmed by Crystal to be very similar to the Yehat, "except less Scottish".
Source: Video Game / Wings of Dawn -
Similar to Grievous Harm with a Body, except that that involves using a whole body or at least a bodily limb that hasn't yet been reduced to bone.
Source: Bad with the Bone
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Yet and Except. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/except/yet
Except & Yet. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/except/yet>.
Yet or Except. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/except/yet.
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