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Everyone vs Noone - What's the difference?

everyone | noone |

As a pronoun everyone

is every person.

As a proper noun noone is

.

everyone

English

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)
  • Every person.
  • Usage notes

    * This can be used loosely to mean "the majority of people," though linguistic purists will protest.

    Antonyms

    * no one

    Synonyms

    * everybody * the world and his wife

    Derived terms

    * everyone and their brother * everyone else

    noone

    English

    Etymology 1

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • Usage notes
    *Noone is formed in parallel to the formation of (nobody), (anyone), and (everyone), but it is often considered incorrect because of the doubled vowels creating a temptation to read and pronounce it as "noon" (). *American users (COCA) prefer the spelling (no one) to either noone'' or ''no-one by more than 500 to 1. *UK users (BNC) prefer (no-one) to noone'' 50 to 1 and ''no one'' to ''noone 12 to 1.

    Etymology 2