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ジアステン
Level: 98

I am struggling to grasp the difference between these. According to the definitions, they both sort of mean "because."

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によって expresses the "cause" for something (often used in writing and news). - によって、は2れました。

というのは is more about explaining or defining something. - 「コンビニ」というのはコンビニエンスストアのことだ。

によって can also show "by whom" something is done - これはによってかれたです。(というのは doesn't work like that)

I'm a bit tired, my bad if I mess up or miss anything kao_dejected.png

Here, I'll give you some links:

About によって

About というのは

I think that website's fine, I personally haven't used it much.

You can also look them up on Renshuu's grammar dictionary.

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Oh, and you can go to the Grammar Library and look them up to get some more examples. You can also try to write your own to practice.

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ジアステン
Level: 98

Thanks, those links helped.


Thinking of によって as "due to,"


and というのは is "that is to say,"

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