According vs While - What's the difference?
according | while |
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
(obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
* 1604 , (William Shakespeare), Measure for Measure , V.i:
Consistently (as); in a corresponding manner (now generally expressing accordance with two or more alternatives).
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.20:
In accordance, in a manner consistent (to) (something).
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
During the same time that.
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(Northern England, Scotland) Until.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
As long as.
* I. Watts
To pass (time) idly.
* Longfellow
To loiter.
As verbs the difference between according and while
is that according is present participle of lang=en while while is to pass (time) idly.As an adjective according
is agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.As an adverb according
is accordingly; correspondingly.As a noun while is
an uncertain duration of time, a period of time.As a conjunction while is
during the same time that.according
English
Verb
(head)- Mind and soul according well. -
Adjective
(en adjective)- This according voice of national wisdom.
Adverb
(en adverb)- That apprehends no further than this world, / And squarest thy life according .
- Ethical theories may be divided into two classes, according as they regard virtue as an end or a means.
- there was only a frightening silence, unenlivened even by the invidious enquiries of former years, which culminated, according to its stern nature, in a still more frightening old woman, a figure awaiting her on the very doorstep.
Derived terms
* according to * according asStatistics
*while
English
Noun
(en noun)- He lectured for quite a long while .
Conjunction
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- While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- While Britain’s recession has been deep and unforgiving, in London it has been relatively shallow.
- I may be conveyed into your chamber; I'll lie under your bed while midnight.
- Use your memory; you will sensibly experience a gradual improvement, while you take care not to overload it.
Verb
(whil)- The lovely lady whiled the hours away.
- (Spectator)
