away vs by

away

adv
  • Aside; off; in another direction. 

  • From a state or condition of being; out of existence. 

  • From a place, hence. 

  • On; in continuance; without intermission or delay. 

  • Without restraint. 

  • In or to a secure or out-of-the-way place. 

  • Aside, so as to discard something. 

  • In or to something's usual or proper storage place. 

  • So as to remove or use up something. 

  • Come away; go away; take away. 

  • At a stated distance in time or space. 

intj
  • come on!; go on! 

adj
  • At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively. 

  • Being the player whose ball lies farthest from the hole (or, in disc golf, whose disc lies farthest from the target). 

  • Not on one's home territory. 

  • Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation. 

  • Out. 

verb
  • To depart; to go to another place. 

by

adv
  • Aside, away. 

  • Along a path which runs past the speaker. 

  • To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. 

  • In the vicinity, near. 

prep
  • Following a passive verb. 

  • Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically) 

  • Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. 

  • Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy 

  • Indicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of. 

  • Indicates a means of classification or organisation. 

  • At, with, among 

  • Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. 

  • Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval). 

  • Near or next to. 

  • Following a noun. 

  • Following an adjective. 

  • In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. 

  • Indicates an authority according to which something is done. 

  • per; with or in proportion to each. 

  • Indicates a referenced source: According to. 

  • Invokes an authority in an oath. 

  • Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. 

  • From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past. 

adj
  • Out of the way, off to one side. 

  • Subsidiary, incidental. 

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