What is the difference between Between and Among?
What is the difference between Between and Among? :
Between :
( 1 ) In or into space separating two or more points, objects, persons, etc…
I lost my keys somewhere between the car and the house.
His job is somewhere between a typist and a personal assistant.
You have wait for me between the two platforms 12 and 13.
( 2 ) In the period of time separating two days, years, events, etc…
It is cheaper between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
I am usually free between Friday and Sunday.
( 3 ) From one place to another
He flies between Delhi and Kolkata twice a week.
( 4 ) Indicating a connection or relation
There is an obvious like between unemployment and crime rate.
( 5 ) Shared by two people or things
They drank a bottle of milk between themselves.
This is just between you and me.
( 6 ) By the actions or contributions of
They wrote the book between them.
We can afford to buy a house between us.
Between : (adverb)
( 1 ) In or into the space separating two or more points, objects, people
One village ends where the next begins and there is a road that runs between them.
You would have good view of the river from here except for the block of flats in between.
( 2 ) In the period of time separating two dates, events, etc…
We have two meetings this morning. But there is some free time in between.
Among :
( 1 ) Surrounded by somebody / something
He works among the poor.
She found it among the pile of old books.
( 2 ) In the number of something
Included in
I was among the last to leave the meeting.
Among those present were The President and His Wife.
He is only one among the many who need financial assistance.
( 3 ) In each member of a group
He distributed the books among the class-students.
( 4 ) Between
Politicians are always arguing among themselves.
There is honour among thieves.
BETWEEN is used of people or things either two in number or more than two considered individually.
She divided her possessions equally between her four children.
There is a lot of disagreement between the main political parties on this issue.
AMONG is used of people or things considered as a group.
Share out the books among the class.
They talked among themselves while they waited for the bus.
Many children were standing among the crowd at the foot-ball match.
AMONGST is also used to mean the same AMONG.
BETWEEN is used of two persons or things whereas AMONG is used of three or more persons or things.
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