Difference between Meanwhile and Meantime

What is the difference between Meanwhile and Meantime?

Meanwhile as an adverb is during the time (that something is happening). while Meantime as an adverb is during the interval; meanwhile

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: Even though I'm often crazy - and I am, and I know it - still I fight it because I know how sterile, how futile, how bleak... nothing grows from it, and you, meanwhile, only grow into it like a snail.

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: For countries such as Kenya to emerge as economic powerhouses, they need better infrastructure: roads, ports, smart grids and power plants. Infrastructure is expensive, and takes a long time to build. In the meantime, hackers are building 'grassroots infrastructure,' using the mobile-phone system to build solutions that are ready for market.

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

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