What's the difference between between and fountain?

Between


Definition:

  • (prep.) In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia.
  • (prep.) Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
  • (prep.) Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
  • (prep.) Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion.
  • (prep.) 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.
  • (prep.) In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock.
  • (n.) Intermediate time or space; interval.

Example Sentences:

Fountain


Definition:

  • (n.) A spring of water issuing from the earth.
  • (n.) An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.
  • (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.
  • (n.) The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In 1971 the Fountain Valley (Calif.) High School established a program at Fairview State Hospital in Costa Mesa.
  • (2) Although only a small section of the site has been excavated, there are baths, luxurious houses, an amphitheatre, a forum, shops, gardens with working fountains and city walls to explore, with many wonderful mosaics still in situ.
  • (3) Three minutes’ walk from Westfield is Centenary Square, the redeveloped public space that now blurs into City Park, a huge combination of a shallow artificial lake and towering fountains.
  • (4) Saying Robinson’s death made him heartsick, Reverend Alexander Gee Jr, pastor of the Fountain of Life church, recommended a soul-searching analysis.
  • (5) The city is a fountain that never stops: it generates its energy from the human interactions that take place in it.
  • (6) Atomization at the liquid surface and the production of a fountain contributed to aerosol formation.
  • (7) Tony Fountain, chief executive of the NDA, told workers on Wednesday morning: "The reason for this [closure] is directly related to the tragic events in Japan following the tsunami and its ongoing impact on the power markets.
  • (8) Private Eye's ideas of "new boys" are joke writers Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain, who have been there a mere 10 years.
  • (9) Two controlled studies at Fountain House examined the influence of psychiatric rehabilitation services on rehospitalization.
  • (10) Locomoting amoebae were monopodial, exhibited fountain flow cytoplasmic streaming and translocated externally bound erythrocytes to the rear of cells.
  • (11) Yun’s quest – a modern version of the age old dream of tapping the fountain of youth – is emblematic of the current enthusiasm to disrupt death sweeping Silicon Valley.
  • (12) Fountain, who had also been president of BP's North American power unit, is said to be on an "eye-watering" pay package, albeit one that would probably involve him taking a cut from his BP salary.
  • (13) As the poet Kahlil Gibran beautifully put it: “To the bee, a flower is the fountain of life, and to the flower, the bee is a messenger of love.” In the process of foraging for food, bees are designed to pollinate.
  • (14) We feel like outsiders, fading elderly creatures from a lost world of fountain pens, sherbert dips and wirelesses.
  • (15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pixadores have also targeted historic sites such as the Ramos de Azevedo fountain in downtown São Paulo.
  • (16) Free Visit an urban beach Fountains on the South Bank, London.
  • (17) In December 2006, claimed £213.95 to repair fountain and hang lights on Christmas tree.
  • (18) Trundling on a cheesy tourist trail around the Italian capital (the Trevi fountain, the Spanish Steps), it tells four whimsical stories that never intersect, meaning that its most watchable stars – Alec Baldwin, Penélope Cruz, Roberto Benigni and Allen, appearing in one of his movies for the first time since Scoop, in 2006 – never interact.
  • (19) One of these is the Parque de los Deseos , a stone plaza with fountains that doubles as an outdoor amphitheatre for film screenings.
  • (20) P. aeruginosa was isolated from 45 of 353 environmental samples, including water fountains, ice machines, bar soaps, and germicide solutions for toilet brushes.