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Apart vs Aside - What's the difference?

apart | aside |

As adverbs the difference between aside and apart

is that aside is to or on one side so as to be out of the way while apart is separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.

As a noun aside

is an incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.

As a preposition apart is

apart from.

apart

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
  • * (rfdate)
    • Others apart sat on a hill retired.
  • * (rfdate) Ps. iv. 3.
    • The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.
  • In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently
    • Consider the two propositions apart .
  • Aside; away.
  • * (rfdate) Jas. i. 21.
    • Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.
  • * (rfdate)
    • Let Pleasure go, put Care apart .
  • In two or more parts; asunder; to piece
    • to take a piece of machinery apart .

    Antonyms

    * together

    Derived terms

    * apartness * apart from * fall apart * pull apart * set apart * take apart * tell apart * worlds apart

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (following its objective complement) apart from.
    • A handful of examples apart , an English preposition precedes its complement.

    aside

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
  • * Bible, 2 (w) iv. 4
    • Thou shalt set aside that which is full.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • But soft! but soft! aside : here comes the king.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • The flames were blown aside .
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Here was my chance. I took the old man aside , and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.}}
  • *
  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

    • Derived terms

    * aside from * put aside * set aside * step aside

    Postposition

    (head)
  • aside from
    • Joking aside .
    Unusual circumstances aside .
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=But musical ancestry aside , the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).}}

    Derived terms

    * all kidding aside

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
  • (theatre) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.

    • Anagrams

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