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Within vs Among - What's the difference?

within | among |

As prepositions the difference between within and among

is that within is Indicates spatial enclosure or containment.among is denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.

As an adverb within

is in or into the interior; inside.

within

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • * 1908 , (Kenneth Grahame), (The Wind in the Willows) ,
  • The Rat.
  • * 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
  • England struck back with a fine try from Ben Foden and closed to within seven points with three minutes left when Mark Cueto capitalised on a break from replacement Matt Banahan.
  • Before the specified duration ends.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 9, author=Owen Phillips, work=BBC Sport
  • , tyitle= Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark , passage=And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes}}

    Antonyms

    * without * outside * outwith

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    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in or into the interior; inside
  • among

    English

    Alternative forms

    * amonge (archaic) * amoung (obsolete)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst)
  • Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.}}
  • Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
  • *
  • Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]

    Usage notes

    * For the comparison of among'' with ''between'', see the usage notes in ''between . * Due to a belief that "amongst" is an archaic/Commonwealth variant, many Americans use "among" exclusively.

    Synonyms

    * amongst (variant of among) * amidst * amid

    See also

    * between

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