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Amoung vs Amidst - What's the difference?

amoung | amidst |

As prepositions the difference between amoung and amidst

is that amoung is while amidst is in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.

amoung

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1838, author=American Anti-Slavery Society, title=The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He looked round amoung the slaves again, and inquired for Harry.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1924, author=Samuel Derieux, chapter=The Trial in Tom Belchers' Store, title=O Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 citation
    • , passage=There was a slight shuffling movement amoung the men crowded about.}}
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    • amidst

    English

    Alternative forms

    * amidest (obsolete) * amiddst (qualifier) * amiddest (obsolete) * amydst (obsolete) * amyddst (qualifier) * amyddest (qualifier)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.
    • Be a philosopher ; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
  • * 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
    • Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes.

    Synonyms

    * amid * among * amongst

    Usage notes

    As with other words with excrescent suffix , amidst is generally considered synonymous with simpler amid, and amid is preferred by style guides on both sides of the Atlantic. TimesOnline], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/w The Guardian] and [http://www.hansard.ca/styleguide.pdf Hansard (Canadian parliament) Further, amidst /amid'' are similar in meaning to – but distinct from – ''amongst''/''among''. ''Amid]](st)'' denotes that something is "in the midst of", "surrounded by" other things, and is used when the idea of separate things is not prominent. ''[[among, Among(st)'' denotes that something is mingling with other separable things ("blessed art thou among women").

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