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Whosoever vs Everyone - What's the difference?

whosoever | everyone |

As pronouns the difference between whosoever and everyone

is that whosoever is whichever person; whoever while everyone is every person.

whosoever

English

Pronoun

(en-pron)
  • whichever person; whoever
  • * 1597 — v 3
  • If thou do pardon, whosoever pray,
    More sins for this forgiveness prosper may.
  • * 1611 — 6:47
  • *:"Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like"
  • * 18?? — , source?
  • This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.

    Anagrams

    * howsoever

    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