Awhile and While

Awhile

Awhile adverb - For a short time.
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While and awhile are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "While" with "Awhile", this adverbs are similar.

While

While conjunction - At or during the time that.

Awhile and while are semantically related. You can use "Awhile" instead an adverb "While".
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