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Via vs Using - What's the difference?

via | using |

As nouns the difference between via and using

is that via is a main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)using is use.

As a preposition via

is by way of; passing through.

As a verb using is

present participle of lang=en.

via

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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.
  • Derived terms
    {{der3, via affirmativa , Via Crucis , Via Dolorosa , Via Egnatia , Via Lactea , via media , via negativa}}

    Etymology 2

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    Alternative forms

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    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • By way of; passing through.
  • By (means of); using (a medium).
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine= citation
  • , passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
  • As per (a mathematical equation).
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    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • use
  • * Philip H. Wicksteed, The Commonsense of Political Economy
  • It brings his payings into close and convenient correspondence with his usings of commodities, and different branches of his expenditure thus become easily comparable.

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