hitherto vs thus far

hitherto and thus far both are adverbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hitherto	No	No	No	Yes
thus far	No	No	No	Yes

As adverbs, hitherto and thus far are synonyms defined as:

hitherto and thus far: 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 as yet, heretofore, so far, til now, until now, up to now, yet.

hitherto (adverb)	thus far (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