hitherto vs as yet

hitherto and as yet both are adverbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hitherto	No	No	No	Yes
as yet	No	No	No	Yes

As adverbs, hitherto and as yet are synonyms defined as:

hitherto and as yet: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

Other synonyms of hitherto include heretofore, so far, thus far, til now, until now, up to now, yet.

hitherto (adverb)	as yet (adverb)
used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time	used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time