Beside vs Sides - What's the difference?
beside | sides |
Next to; at the side of.
Not relevant to.
Besides; in addition to.
* Alexander Pope:
otherwise; else
* Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias :
As a preposition beside
is next to; at the side of.As an adverb beside
is otherwise; else.As a noun sides is
.As a verb sides is
(side).beside
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)- A small table beside the bed
- That is beside the point
- To all beside , as much an empty shade, / An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.
Usage notes
* Not to be confused with besides . See .Derived terms
* besidely * beside oneself * beside the point * besidesAdverb
(-)- Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away.