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Are they the same? 'While/When Tom was shopping, Ben was doing his homework.' Thanks

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As a native speaker, both sound the same to me. Any analysis just sounds like hair-splitting to me.
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It is the some, but "while" is more used in this case. The two actions were done at the some time. With "when", the sentence is also true, but it's more grammaticaly correct to use "while".

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