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What is the difference between "while" and "whilst"
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Anonymous What is the difference between "while" and "whilst" Collins Cobuild Dictionary: Whilst means the same as the conjunction while . (mainly BRIT FORMAL or LITERARY )
- Anonymous What is the difference between "while" and "whilst" Collins Cobuild Dictionary: Whilst means the same as the conjunction while .
- (mainly BRIT FORMAL or LITERARY )
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AnonymousWhat is the difference between "while" and "whilst"Collins Cobuild Dictionary:
Whilst means the same as the conjunction while. (mainly BRIT FORMAL or LITERARY)
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None, they have the same meaning, though 'whilst' is supposed to be more common in BrE than AmE.
BillJ
BillJ
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What is the difference between "while" and "whilst"?
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There is a differerence in that that "while" can be a noun (a short period ot time), a phrasal verb "while away" (to pass time in a pleasant and lazy way) and a conjunction (during the time that; whereas; although). "Whilst" is a conjunction, us
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There is a differerence in that that "while" can be a noun (a short period ot time), a phrasal verb "while away" (to pass time in a pleasant and lazy way) and a conjunction (during the time that; whereas; although). "Whilst" is a conjunction, us
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