However, although, nevertheless (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence)
You told me I could do that, but she said that I could not.
and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
You use but to introduce something which contrasts with what you have just said, or to introduce something which adds to what you have just said. `You said you'd stay till tomorrow.' --- `I know, Bel, but I think I would rather go back.' Place the saucepan over moderate heat until the cider is very hot but not boiling He not only wants to be taken seriously as a musician, but as a poet too
However, on the contrary (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence)
You use but then or but then again before a remark which slightly contradicts what you have just said. My husband spends hours in the bathroom, but then again so do I
if a person does NOT have perception then they are only using these Aroma techniques in the physical dimension, not the esoteric, because they cannot SEE a persons own AURA then they cannot diagnose correctly what the patient may need Let alone prescribe correctly for them
A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company
But is used to mean `only'. This is but one of the methods used to try and get alcoholics to give up drink. Napoleon and Marie Antoinette, to name but two who had stayed in the great state rooms
The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib