Whilst vs Therein - What's the difference?
whilst | therein |
(British, rare or literary in North America) While, at the same time.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=17 (pronominal) in that; in him/her/it
* My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein . — George Washington
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
*:"Ha," said Robin, "comest thou from Locksley Town? Well do I know that fair place for miles about, and well do I know each hedgerow and gentle pebbly stream, and even all the bright little fishes therein , for there I was born and bred. Now, where goest thou with thy meat, my fair friend?"
As a conjunction whilst
is (british|rare or literary in north america) while, at the same time.As an adverb therein is
(pronominal) in that; in him/her/it.whilst
English
Alternative forms
* whilest (obsolete) * whylst (obsolete) * whylest (obsolete)Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)citation, passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}
