Although, despite and in spite of introduce an idea of contrast. With



these words, you must have two halves of a sentence



"Although it was cold, she went out in shorts "



"In spite of the cold, she went out in shorts "



Despite and in spite of are used in the same way as due to and owing to



They must be followed by a noun. If you want to follow them with a



" noun and a verb, you must use " the fact that



Despite the fact that the company was doing badly, they took on extra employees



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They are similar in meaning,and they record something that is

surprising or unexpected

But the difference in usage is that " although " is a conjunction



whilst " despite " is a preposition



After " although " , we use a subject + verb



Although it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday



I didn't get the job although I had all the necessary qualifications



After " despite " ,we use a noun, a pronoun or ~ing



We went out despite the rain



Despite being very tired ,I couldn't sleep




Sayed Esmaeil