Via vs Because - What's the difference?
via | because |
A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
(label) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
By way of; passing through.
By (means of); using (a medium).
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As per (a mathematical equation).
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(archaic) For the reason (that ).
* 1611 , Authorized King James Version of Genesis 2:3:
On account (of''), for sake (''of ).
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
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(obsolete) So that, in order that.
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* 2012' October 20, "D.F. Manno" (username), ''GOP deadbeat dad: No abortion exceptions '''because SCIENCE!'', in alt.fan.cecil-adams, ''Usenet
* 2013' November 19, Megan Garber, ''English Has a New Preposition, '''Because Internet :
* 2013 December 6, (Donald Glover) ((Childish Gambino)), (Because the Internet)
As prepositions the difference between via and because
is that via is (british spelling) while because is .As an adverb because is
(archaic) for the reason (that ).As a conjunction because is
by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.via
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
{{der3, via affirmativa , Via Crucis , Via Dolorosa , Via Egnatia , Via Lactea , via media , via negativa}}Etymology 2
.Alternative forms
*Preposition
(English prepositions)citation
Anagrams
* * ----because
English
Alternative forms
* 'cause, cos, cuz, coz, 'cos, 'cuz, 'coz,Adverb
(-)- And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
- I ruined my life because of you!
Derived terms
* because of * just becauseConjunction
(English Conjunctions)Katrina G. Claw
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The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.}}
- Simonset the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it.
Synonyms
* (for the reason that) therefore, since, for, for that, forthy, for sake, forwhy, as, inasmuch as, (mathematics symbol)Preposition
(English prepositions)- Linguists are recognizing the delightful evolution of the word "because."
- Let's start with the dull stuff, because pragmatism.
