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What’s the difference between ’’While’’ and ’’When’’? When the phone rang, I was writing a letter. While we were having a picnic, it started to rain.

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kso89 profile picture kso89April 2017

"While" refers to a period of time in which an action is being performed.

"When" refers to a specific time or moment--it lacks the idea of a continual action.

Writing a letter takes minutes (even hours), and during that period of time in which you were writing, the phone rang. The phone ringing happened in a moment--one second it wasn't ringing, then, all of a sudden, it started. The start of the ringing could be placed at a specific time--say, eight o'clock.

Now, if you had ignored the phone and just let it go on ringing and ringing, when a knock came at the door, you could say: While the phone was ringing, someone knocked on the door. Make sense?

 June 2017
good day my dear.
how was your day i think fine.
my dear my name is jovita gomez royal princess.sorry my dear i have important something in mind to tell you in my private email address/ /so if you can allow me.then contact me direct to my email address/ jovitagomeprincess @ h o t m a i l . c o m / i have important something in mind to tell you in my private email address

/ jovitagomeprincess @ h o t m a i l . c o m /