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| | While |
 | | While and whilst are conjunctions meaning "during the time that". |
 | | While and whilst can nowadays per Eric Partridge legitimately be used in the sense of although or whereas, provided that it is not ambiguous (which is not to say that some might not frown upon seeing such use): |
 | | Indeed, while (but not whilst) in dialects of Northern England and Scotland usually takes the meaning of until, as in: "I shall wait while you are ready." |
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