Both vs Also - What's the difference?
both | also |
Each of the two; one and the other.
* (Bible), (w) xxi. 27
* (1678-1751)
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, title= (obsolete) Each of more than two.
* (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
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*:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
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, title= (label) To the same degree or extent; so, as.
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*:IN suche maner they kepte launcelot four and twenty dayes and also many nyghtes that euer he laye stylle as a dede man / and at the xxv daye byfelle hym after myddaye that he opened his eyen
As a determiner both
is each of the two; one and the other.As a conjunction both
is including both (used with and).As an adjective also is
bottom, lower.both
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Alternative forms
* bothe (archaic)Determiner
(en determiner)- Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
- He will not bear the loss of his rank, because he can bear the loss of his estate; but he will bear both , because he is prepared for both.
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
Ian Sample
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- Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound.
- He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "both")See also
(various semantically related terms) * * * couple * double * dual * neither * pair * second * twice * twoalso
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Adverb
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Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}