Cognate vs Whatever - What's the difference?
cognate | whatever |
Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (legal) related on the mother's side.
Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred.
(linguistics) Either descended from the same attested source lexeme of an ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of a proto-language.
One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
(legal, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
(legal, dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
(lb) Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.
*1996 , "Mathias", Lake Placid Comments'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''rec.music.phish )
*:All in all, I guess I shouldn't be complaining, but the rest of the show, imho, was very whatever -ish.
*2007 , (Avril Lavigne), , (The Best Damn Thing) ,
*:She's like so whatever / You can do so much better
(lb) At all, absolutely, whatsoever.
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*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
No matter which; for any
(relative) Anything that.
* 1734 , (Alexander Pope), (An Essay on Man)
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* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (colloquial, dismissive) A holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.
Anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.
As adjectives the difference between cognate and whatever
is that cognate is allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically related on the mother's side while whatever is unexceptional or unimportant; blah.As a noun cognate
is one of a number of things allied in origin or nature.As a determiner whatever is
no matter which; for any.As an interjection whatever is
a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion.As a pronoun whatever is
anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.cognate
English
(wikipedia cognate)Adjective
(-)- English mother is cognate to Greek .
- In English, queen is cognate''' to quean, both of which are '''cognate to Russian , Icelandic kona and Irish bean.
- In English, shirt is cognate to skirt, both descended from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-, meaning "to cut".
Derived terms
* cognatenessNoun
(en noun)- English mother is a cognate of Greek .
- English queen and (quean), Russian , Icelandic kona and Irish bean are all cognates .
Derived terms
* false cognate * cognacyReferences
* (projectlink)See also
* derivation * etymology * etymon * root * false friend * agnate ----whatever
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Determiner
(en determiner)- And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.
- Whatever utility the work may have outside of its stated boundaries will be largely because of such a nonprovincial approach.
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Derived terms
* whatever creams your twinkie * whatever floats your boat * whatever it takes * whateverism * whatevernessInterjection
(en interjection)- Parent: For the last time, brush your teeth!
- Child: Whatever !
Usage notes
* Tone of voice is particularly important here in playing up or playing down the dismissive quality of the word.Synonyms
* so what * whoopee do * mehPronoun
(English Pronouns)- I'll do whatever I can.
- Do you want Chinese or Mexican for lunch today? — Whatever .