What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

With vs Would - What's the difference?

with | would |

As a preposition with

is against.

As an adverb with

is (midwestern us) along, together with others/group etc.

As a noun with

is .

As a verb would is

(lb) as a past-tense form of (will) .

with

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) with, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (obsolete contraction) * (abbreviation) *

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • Against.
  • * 1621 , , The Proceedings of the English Colony in Virginia [http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/john_smith.html]
  • Many hatchets, knives, & pieces of iron, & brass, we see, which they reported to have from the Sasquesahanocks a mighty people, and mortal enemies with the Massawomecks.
  • In the company of; alongside, along side of; close to; near to.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
  • In addition to; as an accessory to.
  • .
  • * 1590 , Sir (Philip Sidney), (w, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia) ,
  • With that she told me that though she spake of her father, whom she named Chremes, she would hide no truth from me: ...
  • * 1697 , (Virgil), (John Dryden) (translator), '', in ''The Works of Virgil ,
  • With this he pointed to his face, and show'd
    His hand and all his habit smear'd with blood.
  • * 1861 , (Alexander Pope), The Rev. George Gilfillan (editor) The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne'', in '' The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ,
  • See where, on earth, the flowery glories lie,
    With' her they flourish'd, and ' with her they die.
  • * 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
  • With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",
  • In support of.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
  • (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
  • * 1300s? , Political, Religious and Love Poems , “An A B C Poem on the Passion of Christ”, ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1866
  • Al þus with iewys I am dyth, I seme a wyrm to manus syth.
  • * , 266
  • Ysiphile, betrayed with Jasoun, / Maketh of your trouthe neyther boost ne soun;
  • * , V-ii
  • He was torn to / pieces with a bear:
  • * 1669 , (Nathaniel Morton), New England’s Memorial
  • He was sick and lame of the scurvy, so as he could but lie in the cabin-door, and give direction, and, it should seem, was badly assisted either with mate or mariners
  • Using as an instrument; by means of.
  • * 1430? , “The Love of Jesus” in Hymns to the Virgin and Christ , ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1867, p.26
  • Þirle my soule with þi spere anoon,
  • * 1619 , (Francis Beaumont) and (John Fletcher), A King and no King , Act IV
  • you have paid me equal, Heavens, / And sent my own rod to correct me with
  • * 1620 , (William Bradford). Of Plymouth Plantation [http://narcissus.umd.edu:8080/eada/html/display.jsp?docs=bradford_history.xml&action=show]
  • They had cut of his head upon the cudy of his boat had not the man reskued him with a sword,
  • * 1677 , (w), The plain-dealer , Prologue
  • And keep each other company in spite, / As rivals in your common mistress, fame, / And with faint praises one another damn;
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.}}
  • (obsolete) As nourishment, more recently replaced by on.
  • * , IV-iii
  • I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran.
  • Having, owning.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.}}
    Derived terms
    * withness * with it
    Synonyms
    * * (medicine)
    Antonyms
    * without

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (Midwestern US) along, together with others/group etc.
  • Do you want to come with?

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * King James Bible
  • And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

    Statistics

    *

    would

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (lb) As a past-tense form of (will).
  • #(lb) Wished, desired (something).
  • #(lb) Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).
  • #*1852 , James Murdock, trans. Johann Lorenz Mosheim, Institutes of Ecclesiastical History , II.7.iii:
  • #*:The Greeks, especially those who would be thought adepts in mystic theology, ran after fantastic allegories.
  • #Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.
  • #*
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would' find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man ' would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
  • #*2009 , "Soundtrack of my life", The Guardian , 15 March:
  • #*:When we were kids we would sit by the radio with a tape recorder on a Sunday, listening out for the chart songs we wanted to have.
  • #Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.
  • #*1867 , (Anthony Trollope), (w) , Ch.28:
  • #*:That her Lily should have been won and not worn, had been, and would be, a trouble to her for ever.
  • #*
  • #*:Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
  • #*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 5, author=Phil Dawkes, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= QPR 2-3 Man City , passage=Toure would have the decisive say though, rising high to power a header past Kenny from Aleksandar Kolarov's cross.}}
  • #(lb) Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.
  • #*1724 , (Daniel Defoe), , Penguin p.107:
  • #*:He sat as one astonish'd, a good-while, looking at me, without speaking a Word, till I came quite up to him, kneel'd on one Knee to him, and almost whether he would or no, kiss'd his Hand.
  • #*1846 , "A New Sentimental Journey", Blackwoods Magazine , vol.LX, no.372:
  • #*:If I could fly, I would away to those realms of light and warmth – far, far away in the southern clime.
  • #Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).
  • #*1835 , (Charles Dickens), (Sketches by Boz) , V:
  • #*:Then he took to breeding silk-worms, which he would bring in two or three times a day, in little paper boxes, to show the old lady.
  • #*2009 , "Is the era of free news over?", The Observer ,
  • #*:The free access model, the media magnate said last week, was "malfunctioning". Well he would , wouldn't he?
  • (lb) As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.
  • #Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.
  • #*2008 , Mark Cocker, "Country Diary", The Guardian , 3 November:
  • #*:It's a piece of old folklore for which I would love to find hard proof.
  • #Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.
  • #*2010 , The Guardian , 26 February:
  • #*:Warnock admitted it would be the ideal scenario if he received a Carling Cup winners' medal as well as an England call-up.
  • #
  • #*1859 , (John Bunyan), (w, The Pilgrim's Progress) ,
  • #*:I presently wished, would' that I had been in their clothes! '''would''' that I had been born Peter! ' would that I had been born John!
  • #*1868 , Sir (Walter Scott), (Ivanhoe) , Ch.23:
  • #*:I would she had retained her original haughtiness of disposition, or that I had a larger share of Front-de-Bœuf's thrice-tempered hardness of heart!
  • #Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.
  • #*2009 , Nick Snow, The Rocket's Trail , p.112:
  • #*:“Those trials are being run by the American army so surely you must have access to the documents?” “Well, yeah, you’d think.”
  • #*2010 , (Terry Pratchett), "My case for a euthanasia tribunal", The Guardian ,
  • #*:Departing on schedule with the help of a friendly doctor was quite usual. Does that still apply? It would seem so.
  • #Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?
  • #:
  • #
  • #*1608 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , I.4:
  • #*:What dost thou professe? What would’st thou with vs?
  • Usage notes

    * As an auxiliary verb, (term) is followed by the bare infinitive (without (to)): *: John said he would have fish for dinner. * (term) is frequently contracted to (term, 'd), especially after a pronoun (as in (term, I'd), (term, you'd), and so on). * The term would-be'' retains the senses of both desire and potentiality (those of ''wannabe'' and ''might-be , respectively). * Indicating a wish, (term) takes a clause in the past subjunctive (irrealis) mood; this clause may or not be introduced with (that). Most commonly in modern usage, it is followed by the adverb rather'', as in ''I would''' rather that he go now''. A call to a deity or other higher power is sometimes interposed after (term) and before the subjunctive clause, as in '''''Would to God that ; see for examples.

    Synonyms

    * (indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly ): used to * (used to express a polite request ): be so good as to, kindly, please

    See also

    * could * should * * (projectlink)