among/between
What is the difference between among and between?
Between is used when you are speaking of only two things. Among is used for three or more.
- Between Hamlet and King Lear, I prefer the latter.
- Emily Dickinson is among my favorite poets.
Extra Examples:
- The bees were buzzing among the flowers.
- He smiled, revealing fangs among the neat row of white teeth.
- Iliana has been a favorite among them.
- The sailors divided his money among themselves; and the ship sailed on.
- I'm happy you're among us.
- People passing between them were a blur.
- That is the only difference between them.
- There were sparks between them from the start.
- When it came back to her face, a slow smile erased the creases between his brows.
- He was a good-looking intern, but there simply wasn't a spark between them.