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What's the difference in using a と and で in the sentence:

そう、女の子に取って貰い たて、口の横にわざ **と** ソースを 付けている ツン ツン 頭のメガネも
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difference in using と and で to specify context
わざと is a fixed adverb listed on any dictionary. It does not inflect, and you
should treat it as one word that means "intentionally" or "purposely".

わざ (業) on its own is an old word meaning "action", "act" or "behavior".
Etymologically, わざと is indeed わざ followed by と, but that does not mean わざで
means something in modern Japanese. Basically you need to memorize わざと without
worrying about its etymology too much. Imagine English words like "meanwhile"
or "nevertheless", which were fossilized long ago and have unique menings.
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