But vs With - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between but and with

is that but is only; solely; merely while with is as nourishment, more recently replaced by on.

As prepositions the difference between but and with

is that but is outside of while with is against.

As adverbs the difference between but and with

is that but is merely, only while with is along, together with others/group etc.

As nouns the difference between but and with

is that but is an instance or example of using the word "but" while with is alternative form of lang=en.

As a conjunction but

is except (for), excluding. Preceded by a negation.

but

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)

(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Outside of.

Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there.

Without, apart from, except.

Everyone but Father left early.

''I like everything but that.

Adverb

(-)

Merely, only.

* 1791 , (Robert Burns), "(Ae Fond Kiss)":

For to see her was to love her,
Love but her, and love for ever.

* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) :

Now the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye, yet that was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere.

* 1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books, 2006, p.49:

The stony outcrops are often covered but thinly with arable soil; winters are bitingly cold, and rainfall scanty and unpredictable.

(Australian, conjunctive) Though, however.

I'll have to go home early but .

Conjunction

(wikipedia but) (English Conjunctions)

Except (for), excluding. Preceded by a negation.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Becky Ashton, work=BBC Sport

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On the contrary, but rather (introducing a word or clause that contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence without the not ).

However, although, nevertheless (implies that the following clause is contrary to prior belief or contrasts with or contradicts the preceding clause or sentence).

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample

, volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains , passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But , as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}

Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".

*, II.15:

*:There is no reason but hath another contrary unto it, saith the wisest party of Philosophers.

*Shakespeare

*:And but my noble Moor is true of mindit were enough to put him to ill thinking.

*1820 , (John Keats), ‘Lamia’, Lamia & Other Poems :

*:A deadly silence step by step increased, / Until it seem'd a horrid presence there, / And not a man but felt the terror in his hair.

Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).

(obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.

*Fuller

*:So insolent that he could not go but either spurning equals or trampling on his inferiors.

*Motto of the Mackintoshes

*:Touch not the cat but a glove.

(obsolete) Only; solely; merely.

*Milton

*:Observe but how their own principles combat one another.

*Bible, 2 Kings vii. 4

*:If they kill us, we shall but die.

*Dryden

*:a formidable man but to his friends

Usage notes

* Beginning a sentence with a coordinating conjunction such as but' is considered incorrect by classical grammarians arguing that a coordinating conjunction at the start of a sentence has nothing to connect, but use of the word in this way is very common. It is, however, best to avoid beginning a sentence with '''but''' in formal writing. Combining sentences or using '''however''', '''nevertheless''', '''still''', or ' though is appropriate for the formal style. ** But this tool has its uses. ** This tool has its uses, however. ** Nevertheless, this tool has its uses. ** Still, this tool has its uses. ** This tool still has its uses. ** This tool has its uses, though. * The use of the word but preceded by a comma is also considered incorrect by classical grammarians. ** I was very tired, but I decided to continue. ** It was a lovely day, but rain looked likely.

Synonyms

* (except) bar, unless, excepting, excluding, with the exception of, without * (however) yet, although, ac

Noun

(en noun)

An instance or example of using the word "but".

It has to be done – no ifs or buts .

(Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.

A limit; a boundary.

The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

Derived terms

* all but * but and ben * but good *

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with

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) with, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (obsolete contraction) * (abbreviation) *

Preposition

(English prepositions)

Against.

* 1621 , , The Proceedings of the English Colony in Virginia [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/john_smith.html]

Many hatchets, knives, & pieces of iron, & brass, we see, which they reported to have from the Sasquesahanocks a mighty people, and mortal enemies with the Massawomecks.

In the company of; alongside, along side of; close to; near to.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or

In addition to; as an accessory to.

* 1590 , Sir (Philip Sidney), (w, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia) ,

With that she told me that though she spake of her father, whom she named Chremes, she would hide no truth from me: ...

* 1697 , (Virgil), (John Dryden) (translator), '', in ''The Works of Virgil ,

With this he pointed to his face, and show'd

His hand and all his habit smear'd with blood.

* 1861 , (Alexander Pope), The Rev. George Gilfillan (editor) The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne'', in '' The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ,

See where, on earth, the flowery glories lie,

With' her they flourish'd, and ' with her they die.

* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2

With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

, volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",

In support of.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}

(obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.

* 1300s? , Political, Religious and Love Poems , “An A B C Poem on the Passion of Christ”, ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1866

Al þus with iewys I am dyth, I seme a wyrm to manus syth.

* , 266

Ysiphile, betrayed with Jasoun, / Maketh of your trouthe neyther boost ne soun;

* , V-ii

He was torn to / pieces with a bear:

* 1669 , (Nathaniel Morton), New England’s Memorial

He was sick and lame of the scurvy, so as he could but lie in the cabin-door, and give direction, and, it should seem, was badly assisted either with mate or mariners

Using as an instrument; by means of.

* 1430? , “The Love of Jesus” in Hymns to the Virgin and Christ , ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1867, p.26

Þirle my soule with þi spere anoon,

* 1619 , (Francis Beaumont) and (John Fletcher), A King and no King , Act IV

you have paid me equal, Heavens, / And sent my own rod to correct me with

* 1620 , (William Bradford). Of Plymouth Plantation [http://narcissus.umd.edu:8080/eada/html/display.jsp?docs=bradford_history.xml&action=show]

They had cut of his head upon the cudy of his boat had not the man reskued him with a sword,

* 1677 , (w), The plain-dealer , Prologue

And keep each other company in spite, / As rivals in your common mistress, fame, / And with faint praises one another damn;

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz

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(obsolete) As nourishment, more recently replaced by on.

* , IV-iii

I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran.

Having, owning.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz

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Quotations

* (English Citations of "with")

Derived terms

* withness * with it

Synonyms

* * (medicine)

Antonyms

* without

Adverb

(-)

(Midwestern US) along, together with others/group etc.

Do you want to come with?

Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

* King James Bible

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

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