Well vs. While

Welladverb

(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.

Welladverb

(manner) Completely, fully.

Welladverb

(degree) To a significant degree.

Welladverb

Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).

Welladverb

In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.

Welladjective

In good health.

Welladjective

(hypercorrect) Good, content.

Welladjective

(archaic) Prudent; good; well-advised.

Wellinterjection

Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.

Wellinterjection

An exclamation of surprise, often doubled or tripled.

Wellinterjection

An exclamation of indignance.

Wellinterjection

Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.

Wellinterjection

Used in speech to fill gaps; filled pause.

Wellinterjection

(Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting

Wellnoun

A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.

Wellnoun

A place where a liquid such as water surfaces naturally; a spring.

Wellnoun

A small depression suitable for holding liquid or other objects.

Wellnoun

(figurative) A source of supply.

Wellnoun

(nautical) A vertical, cylindrical trunk in a ship, reaching down to the lowest part of the hull, through which the bilge pumps operate.

Wellnoun

(nautical) The cockpit of a sailboat.

Wellnoun

(nautical) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water to keep fish alive while they are transported to market.

Wellnoun

(nautical) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of the water.

Wellnoun

(military) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.

Wellnoun

(architecture) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.

Wellnoun

The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.

Wellnoun

(metalworking) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.

Wellnoun

A well drink.

Wellnoun

(video games) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.

Wellnoun

(biology) In a microtiter plate, each of the small equal circular or square sections which serve as test tubes.

Wellverb

(intransitive) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.

Wellverb

(intransitive) To have something seep out of the surface.

Wellnoun

An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.

Wellnoun

A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.

Wellnoun

A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.

Wellnoun

Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.

Wellnoun

An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.

Wellnoun

A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.

Wellnoun

An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.

Wellnoun

The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.

Wellverb

To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.

Wellverb

To pour forth, as from a well.

Welladverb

In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.

Welladverb

Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.

Welladverb

Fully or about; - used with numbers.

Welladverb

In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.

Welladverb

Considerably; not a little; far.

Welladjective

Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.

Welladjective

Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.

Welladjective

Being in favor; favored; fortunate.

Welladjective

Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.

Wellnoun

a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine

Wellnoun

a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid

Wellnoun

an abundant source;

Wellnoun

an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)

Wellnoun

an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps

Wellverb

come up;

Welladjective

in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury;

Welladjective

resulting favorably;

Welladjective

wise or advantageous and hence advisable;

Welladverb

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well');

Welladverb

thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form;

Welladverb

indicating high probability; in all likelihood;

Welladverb

(used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully;

Welladverb

to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree;

Welladverb

favorably; with approval;

Welladverb

to a great extent or degree;

Welladverb

with great or especially intimate knowledge;

Welladverb

with prudence or propriety;

Welladverb

with skill or in a pleasing manner;

Welladverb

in a manner affording benefit or advantage;

Welladverb

in financial comfort;

Welladverb

without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor;

Whilenoun

An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

Whileconjunction

During the same time that.

Whileconjunction

Although.

Whileconjunction

Until.

Whileconjunction

As long as.

Whilepreposition

Until.

Whileverb

(transitive) To pass (time) idly.

Whileverb

To loiter.

Whilenoun

Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent.

Whilenoun

That which requires time; labor; pains.

Whileverb

To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; - usually followed by away.

Whileverb

To loiter.

Whileconjunction

During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you sleep.

Whileconjunction

Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas.

Whilepreposition

Until; till.

Whilenoun

a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;

While

While is a word in the English language that functions both as a noun and as a subordinating conjunction. Its meaning varies largely based on its intended function, position in the phrase and even the writer or speaker's regional dialect.