<p><strong>TL;DR</strong>: The given sentences are almost identical because ...跟你去... (go with you) and ...陪你去... (accompany you) are similar in meaning.  However, 跟 has many uses beyond this, which 陪 does not.</p>
<p>In general, there are distinctions between <a href="http://youdao.com/w/eng/%E9%99%AA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">陪</a> (which means &quot;to accompany&quot;, sometimes with the implication of offering assistance) and <a href="http://youdao.com/w/%E8%B7%9F" rel="nofollow noreferrer">跟</a> which means a bunch of things (in the given sentence it means &quot;with&quot;).  As for the example sentences:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>我<strong>陪</strong>你去医院。<br />
I <strong>accompany</strong> you to the hospital.</p>
<p>我<strong>跟</strong>你去医院。<br />
I go <strong>with</strong> you to the hospital.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>These two sentences are indeed very similar, and could mean the same thing.  The reason is ...跟你去... (go with you) and ...陪你去... (accompany you) are similar in meaning.</p>
<p>If 我 is not sick, and is assisting 你, then the first sentence would be more appropriate.  If both 我 and 你 are sick, then the second sentence would be more appropriate.</p>
<p>More generally, we're using the grammar structure:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Subj. + 跟 + Person + Verb + Obj.<br />
<sub><a href="https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22with%22_with_%22gen%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Expressing &quot;with&quot; with &quot;gen&quot;</a></sub></p>
</blockquote>
<p>If we use this grammar structure with a verb other than 去, we can't just replace 跟 with 陪:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>我<strong>跟</strong>你说汉语。<br />
I speak Chinese <strong>with</strong> you.</p>
<p>我<strong>跟</strong>你结婚。<br />
I am married <strong>with</strong> you.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>In fact, I don't think the above sentences would even make sense if we replaced 跟 with 陪.</p>
<p>And in arbitrary sentences, we can't use 跟 and replace it with 陪:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>我<strong>跟</strong>你不一样。<br />
I <strong>and</strong> you are unalike.</p>
<p>孩子<strong>跟着</strong>妈妈。<br />
The child <strong>follows</strong> their mother.</p>
<p>她穿着高<strong>跟</strong>鞋。<br />
She wears high <strong>heel</strong>s.</p>
</blockquote>

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Becky 李蓓
<p>Assuming a boyfriend is saying 我陪你去医院 to her girlfriend, the girl will feel being loved and warm in heart. However, if the boy says 我跟你去医院, the girl will not feel anything, but simply know a fact that the boy will go with her together.</p>

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Yi Ronald Liu
<p>It have the same meaning. Both of them means follows.</p>

<p>According dictionary owned by Ministry of education in Taiwan.</p>

<p>Let us see 跟.</p>

<p>One of the meaning of <a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=W00000004092" rel="nofollow noreferrer">跟</a> is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>和、與。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>One of the meaning of <a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=W00000004733" rel="nofollow noreferrer">和</a> is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>與、跟。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>One of the meaning of <a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=W00000011662" rel="nofollow noreferrer">與</a> is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>跟從、跟隨。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>And let us see 陪.</p>

<p>One of the meaning of <a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=W00000000654" rel="nofollow noreferrer">陪</a> is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>伴隨。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The meaning of <a href="http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&amp;searchid=Z00000016895" rel="nofollow noreferrer">伴隨</a> is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>跟隨、隨同。</p>
</blockquote>

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000
<p>陪 inspires more of a feeling of concern
verses 跟 is a casual going with</p>

<p>I am accompanying you to the hospital
verses
I am going with you to the hospital</p>

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China Syndrome
<p>The meaning of both 陪 and 跟 is "go with", so are there any differences between them?</p>

<blockquote>
<pre><code>我陪你去医院。
我跟你去医院。
</code></pre>
</blockquote>

<meaning><difference><word>
The difference between 陪 and 跟
# The difference between 陪 and 跟

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-12)

The meaning of both 陪 and 跟 is "go with", so are there any differences between them?

我陪你去医院。
我跟你去医院。

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-13. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

**TL;DR**: The given sentences are almost identical because ...跟你去... (go with you) and ...陪你去... (accompany you) are similar in meaning. However, 跟 has many uses beyond this, which 陪 does not.

In general, there are distinctions between [陪](http://youdao.com/w/eng/%E9%99%AA) (which means "to accompany", sometimes with the implication of offering assistance) and [跟](http://youdao.com/w/%E8%B7%9F) which means a bunch of things (in the given sentence it means "with"). As for the example sentences:

> 我**陪**你去医院。  
> I **accompany** you to the hospital.
>
> 我**跟**你去医院。  
> I go **with** you to the hospital.

These two sentences are indeed very similar, and could mean the same thing. The reason is ...跟你去... (go with you) and ...陪你去... (accompany you) are similar in meaning.

If 我 is not sick, and is assisting 你, then the first sentence would be more appropriate. If both 我 and 你 are sick, then the second sentence would be more appropriate.

More generally, we're using the grammar structure:

> Subj. + 跟 + Person + Verb + Obj.  
> [Expressing "with" with "gen"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22with%22_with_%22gen%22)

If we use this grammar structure with a verb other than 去, we can't just replace 跟 with 陪:

> 我**跟**你说汉语。  
> I speak Chinese **with** you.
>
> 我**跟**你结婚。  
> I am married **with** you.

In fact, I don't think the above sentences would even make sense if we replaced 跟 with 陪.

And in arbitrary sentences, we can't use 跟 and replace it with 陪:

> 我**跟**你不一样。  
> I **and** you are unalike.
>
> 孩子**跟着**妈妈。  
> The child **follows** their mother.
>
> 她穿着高**跟**鞋。  
> She wears high **heel**s.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-04-12. Score: 0

Assuming a boyfriend is saying 我陪你去医院 to her girlfriend, the girl will feel being loved and warm in heart. However, if the boy says 我跟你去医院, the girl will not feel anything, but simply know a fact that the boy will go with her together.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-04-12. Score: 0

It have the same meaning. Both of them means follows.

According dictionary owned by Ministry of education in Taiwan.

Let us see 跟.

One of the meaning of [跟](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Wusername_3username_304092) is:

> 和、與。

One of the meaning of [和](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Wusername_3username_304733) is:

> 與、跟。

One of the meaning of [與](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Wusername_3username_311662) is:

> 跟從、跟隨。

And let us see 陪.

One of the meaning of [陪](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Wusername_3username_300654) is:

> 伴隨。

The meaning of [伴隨](http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Zusername_3username_316895) is:

> 跟隨、隨同。


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-04-13. Score: 0

陪 inspires more of a feeling of concern
verses 跟 is a casual going with

I am accompanying you to the hospital
verses
I am going with you to the hospital


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