What is the difference between both and two?
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Each of the two; one and the other.
* (Bible), (w) xxi. 27
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* (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
(label) A numerical value equal to ; the second number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one. Ordinal: second. This many dots (••).
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Describing a set or group with two components.
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(US, informal) A two-dollar bill.
A child aged two.
The playing cards featuring two pips.
As a determiner both
is each of the two; one and the other.As a conjunction both
is including both (used with and.As a numeral two is
a numerical value equal to 2; the second number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the set {0, 1}; one plus one. Ordinal: second. This many dots (••).As a noun two is
the digit/figure 2.both
English
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 * twotwo
English
(wikipedia two)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete outside dialects)Numeral
(head)- Venters began to count them—one—two —three—four—on up to sixteen.
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=“[…] The two murders might have been done by one of the ryots who was dissatisfied over his assessment and thought he had a grievance. […].”}}
Derived terms
* four by two * in two * put two and two together * two-by-four * two-dimensional * two-edged * two-faced * two heads are better than one * two-piece * two-stroke * two-tone * two-way * two-wheelerSee also
*Noun
(en noun)- The number 2202 contains three two s.
- This toy is suitable for the two s and threes.