You need a grammar book besides your dictionary. And a good text book which shows you the differences by example: > Er kannte **beide** Wörter. > > Er kannte **sowohl** das eine Wort **als auch** das andere. *Beide* is a number word meaning *all two of them*. (Same as English *both*.) In contrary *sowohl* is a conjuction which is almost always paired with *als auch*. --- The negation is as follows: > Er kannte **keines der beiden** Wörter. > > Er kannte **weder** das eine Wort **noch** das andere.