Difference between so forth and so on?

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Can anyone help me to find the difference between these words?Thank you.

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[nq:1]Can anyone help me to find the difference between these words? (so forth and so on)[/nq]
I don't think there is one. In fact, they are often used as a pair of identical expressions in the phrase 'and so on and so forth'..g

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[nq:1]Can anyone help me to find the difference between these words?[/nq]
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[nq:2]Can anyone help me to find the difference between these words? (so forth and so on)[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think there is one. In fact, they are often used as a pair of identical expressions in the phrase 'and so on and so forth'..g[/nq]
Sometimes written &c &c.

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[nq:2]I don't think there is one. In fact, they are ... expressions in the phrase 'and so on and so forth'..g[/nq]
[nq:1]Sometimes written &c &c.[/nq]
I realize that there is little, if any, difference in meaning between "et cetera" and "and so on" and "and so forth", but I always thought "&c." was literally "et cetera." In my experience, "et cetera, et cetera" has been primarily a spoken usage, almost a verbal tic.
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et cetera
This article is about &c., the abbreviation. (snip) Et cetera, often abbreviated to etc., and sometimes in older texts as &c. or &/c, is Latin for "and the others." It is often used to represent the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example:

We need a lot of fruit: apples, bananas, oranges, etc. It is important to avoid the phrase "and etc." because then you are saying "and and the others".
Note that in formal contexts, it is preferable to write the full phrase et cetera as opposed to the abbreviation. The English equivalents and so on and and so forth are also suitable.
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ampersand
(snip) An ampersand

is a logogram for the word and. It is a ligature of the letters in et, which is Latin for and. The symbol's origin is apparent in the example shown below on the right; the example on the left, now more common, is a later development. The name derives from the phrase "and per se and;" that is, "the symbol for and by itself means and." The Scottish name for it is epershand; that is, "et per se and." This name more clearly shows its origin in the Latin et.
Usage
The ampersand is not generally used in the main body of a piece of writing; it is more acceptable to write out the word and. The ampersand is mostly seen in titles and proper names. In these cases, & is interchangeable with the word and; the distinction between them is mostly aesthetic. However, in film credits for story, screenplay, etc., & indicates a closer collaboration than and.
In everyday handwriting, the ampersand is sometimes simplified to a curvy E superimposed by a vertical line, like a $ sign. Sometimes it is nothing more than a + (plus sign) with a loop; the loop is the remnant of a lowercase e.

The phrase et cetera ("and so forth") can be abbreviated &c. This is because the ampersand originally stood for the Latin et.

Mike

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