Betweenoramong?

We usebetweento refer to two things which are clearly separated. We useamongto talk about things which are not clearlyseparated because they are part of a group or crowd or mass of objects:

Our holiday house isbetweenthe mountains and the sea.(the mountains are on one side and the sea is on the other)

The ancient fountain was hiddenamongthe trees.(surrounded by trees)

Betweenis most often used to introduce a prepositional phrase which contains twosingular or plural noun phrases:

There was a cyclist[prepositional phrase]between the carandthe lorry.

I didn’t see any difference[prepositional phrase]between the real bagsandthe imitation bags.

We can also usebetween+ pronoun when referring to two people or things:

I gave Yolanda and Lynn some money and told them to share itbetween them.

We can also usebetween, but notamong, to connect times or numbers:

They lived in New Yorkbetween1998 and 2004.

Not:They lived in New York among 1998 and 2004.

What were you doingbetween5.30 pm and 7.00 pm?

The most common nouns often followed bybetweenare:connection,difference,distinction,link,relationship:

Is there aconnection betweenhis arrival and her disappearance?

There’s a stronglink betweenclean drinking water and reduced infant mortality.

The most common verbs often followed bybetweenare:choose,differentiate,distinguish,divide:

[talking about judging a competition]

I didn’t want to have tochoose betweenthe singers.

Her money wasdivided betweenher son and her daughter.

We useamongto suggest a sense of being a part of or surrounded by or included in something else. It is typically followed by a plural noun phrase:

She wanted to beamongfriends.

Amonghis books, we found some rare first editions.

In the phrasesamong othersandamong other things,amongmeans ‘as well as’:

Her parents,amongothers, were worried about her travelling alone.

Among other things, I still have to pack.