Among / Between

Among refers to a group of more than two people or things.

The tourists walked among the penguins.

Insects, birds, molluscs, frogs, worms and so on, live among the leaf litter.

Between refers to a group of two individual people or things.

They ran between the two finishing posts.

Juanita stood between Jose and Jacinta.

When used with ‘divide’ or ‘share’:

§  Among is used only with pural nouns or pronouns.

The food was shared among the refugees.

The children chose to divide the prize among themselves.

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   Between is used only when two people or things are involved.

The food was shared between the two refugees.

The twins chose to divide the prize between themselves.