Whilst Meaning In English. There is less prejudice against whilst outside the US however and the word is fairly common in British publications though all the British style books we checked. Conjunction 1 Show Examples 1 Id forgotten to mention but I had a bit of an accident with Dads car whilst he was away.
During the time that something is happening. 2 We had to queue and order our meal standing at a counter whilst scanning the menu. Typically Brits use whilst and Americans use while.
Conjunction mainly British another word for while def.
While is much more. They can also mean whereas in the context of comparison. Despite the fact that. 2 We had to queue and order our meal standing at a counter whilst scanning the menu.
