whereasconjunction
uk/weərˈæz/us/werˈæz/B2 compared with the fact that; but:
He must be about 60, whereas his wife looks about 30.
You eat a huge plate of food for lunch, whereas I have just a sandwich.
More examples
- She actually enjoys confrontation, whereas I prefer a quiet life.
- He is a globalist, whereas we are nationalists who will put our country first.
- He works slowly and precisely whereas I tend to rush things and make mistakes.
- Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring.
- She described him, rather charitably, as quiet whereas I would have said he was boring.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- again
- any way you slice it idiom
- at any rate idiom
- at least idiom
- best
- but
- disjunctive
- given
- hand
- however
- least
- might
- never
- nevertheless
- no thanks to sb idiom
- rate
- seeing (that)
- slice
- tooth
- when
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