What's the difference between kith and with?

Kith


Definition:

  • (n.) Acquaintance; kindred.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The bizarre sense of occasion that led him to choose the precise anniversary moment of the 1918 armistice to seize power on behalf of the white 5% of the Rhodesian population was nevertheless a useful reminder to his British "kith and kin" of his wartime service as an RAF fighter pilot - when "Smithy" was shot down, lost an eye and had plastic surgery for facial burns.
  • (2) But ex-Flight-Lieutenant Smith's appeal to his kith and kin was cunningly calculated and gave London the creeps.
  • (3) However, the danger is that immigration policy for businesspeople and the most highly skilled becomes based on the old “kith and kin” white Commonwealth of Australia, Canada and New Zealand by default, if not by design.
  • (4) I’d much rather deal with my own kith and kin.” The remain campaign accused Leave.EU of “double standards beyond parody”.
  • (5) The paper reviews evidence documenting the health-protective effects of the informal social support extended by kith, kin, and community gatekeepers.
  • (6) Turkey has repeatedly expressed concern over the attacks on the Turkmens, a Sunni Muslim minority whom many Turks regard as their kith and kin.

With


Definition:

  • (n.) See Withe.
  • (prep.) With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like.
  • (prep.) To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against.
  • (prep.) To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company of.
  • (prep.) To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of.
  • (prep.) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by.
  • (prep.) To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast.
  • (prep.) To denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
  • (prep.) To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune.

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