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Inbetween vs Betwixt - What's the difference?

inbetween | betwixt |

As prepositions the difference between inbetween and betwixt

is that inbetween is while betwixt is (literary|or|archaic) between, specifically between two objects.

As an adjective inbetween

is .

As an adverb inbetween

is .

inbetween

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Adjective

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    • Adverb

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    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)

    • betwixt

    English

    Alternative forms

    * betwyxt (obsolete)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (literary, or, archaic) Between, specifically between two objects.
  • * Shakespeare
    • There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 3
    • 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, twixt