scarcely vs though

scarcely

adv
  • Hardly: only just; by a small margin. 

  • Probably not. 

  • Certainly not. 

though

adv
  • Despite that; however. 

  • Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed. 

conj
  • Despite the fact that; although. 

How often have the words scarcely and though occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )