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Aside vs Beside - What's the difference?

aside | beside |

As adverbs the difference between aside and beside

is that aside is to or on one side so as to be out of the way while beside is otherwise; else.

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 beside is

next to; at the side of.

aside

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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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    beside

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Next to; at the side of.
    • A small table beside the bed
  • Not relevant to.
    • That is beside the point
  • Besides; in addition to.
  • * Alexander Pope:
    • To all beside , as much an empty shade, / An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with besides . See .

    Derived terms

    * besidely * beside oneself * beside the point * besides

    Adverb

    (-)
  • otherwise; else
  • * Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias :
    • Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away.

    See also

    * para-

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