Difference between Meantime and Meanwhile

What is the difference between Meantime and Meanwhile?

Meantime as a noun is the time spent waiting for another event; time in between. while Meanwhile as a noun is the time between two events

Meantime

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: during the interval; meanwhile

Example sentence: The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run for Senate in 2008, but in the meantime I am focused on knitting together the progressive network in the upper Midwest.

Meanwhile

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: During the time (that something is happening).At the same time, but elsewhere.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The time between two events

Example sentence: As far as self-confidence goes, so much of social media is about approval, getting likes, comparing our lives to others' - meanwhile, confidence is an inside job: it's about how you feel about yourself regardless of what anyone else does or thinks. It's a knowing that you're human, you're flawed, and you're awesome in your own way.

We hope you now know whether to use Meantime or Meanwhile in your sentence.

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