Contrast

Balancing contrasting points


on the other hand; while; whereas


Arranged marriages are common in many Middle Eastern countries. In the West, on the other hand, they are unusual.


I like spending my holidays in the mountains, while/whereas my wife prefers the seaside.


While/whereas can be put before the first of 2 contrasting points,e.g.


While/whereas the English alphabet has 26 letters, English phonemic transcription has over 40 basic symbols.