Atween vs. Between

Atweenpreposition

Between.

Betweenpreposition

In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)

‘John stood between Amy and Mary.’; ‘Let's meet between two and three.’; ‘I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars.’;

Atween

Between.

Betweenpreposition

Done together or reciprocally.

‘conversation between friends’;

Betweenpreposition

Shared in confidence.

‘Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.’; ‘Let's keep this between ourselves.’;

Betweenpreposition

In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).

‘He's between jobs right now.’; ‘The shuttle runs between the town and the airport.’;

Betweenpreposition

Combined (by effort or ownership).

‘Between us all, we shall succeed.’; ‘We've only got £5 between us.’; ‘Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isn't much about this house to appeal to a buyer.’;

Betweenpreposition

One of (representing a choice).

‘You must choose between him and me.’; ‘Some colour-blind people can't distinguish between red and green.’;

Betweennoun

A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.

Betweenpreposition

In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.

Betweenpreposition

Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.

‘If things should go so between them.’;

Betweenpreposition

Belonging in common to two; shared by both.

‘Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them.’;

Betweenpreposition

Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.

‘An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty.’;

Betweenpreposition

With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations.

Betweenpreposition

In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.

‘I . . . hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance.’;

Betweennoun

Intermediate time or space; interval.

Betweenadverb

in the interval;

‘dancing all the dances with little rest between’;

Betweenadverb

in between;

‘two houses with a tree between’;