Betwixt vs Among - What's the difference?
betwixt | among |
(literary, or, archaic) Between, specifically between two objects.
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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.
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As prepositions the difference between betwixt and among
is that betwixt is (literary|or|archaic) between, specifically between two objects while among is denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects (see usage note at amidst).betwixt
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Alternative forms
* betwyxt (obsolete)Preposition
(English prepositions)- There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her.
- When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.
Derived terms
* betwixt and between * 'twixt, twixtamong
English
Alternative forms
* amonge (archaic) * amoung (obsolete)Preposition
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- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us […]