None vs Nothing - What's the difference?
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Not any (one) (of) a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord.
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* 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, page 253:
Not any person: no one, nobody (with singular concord); no people (with plural concord).
(archaic, outside, Scotland) Not any; no.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Matthew XXV:
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 138:
(senseid) To no extent, in no way.
Not at all.
(obsolete) No, not.
* c. 1390 , Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Shipman's Tale", Canterbury Tales :
Not any thing; no thing.
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(slang, in double negatives) Anything
Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
* Jeremy Taylor
A trivial remark (especially in the term (sweet nothings)).
A nobody (insignificant person).
(archaic) Not at all; in no way.
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As pronouns the difference between none and nothing
is that none is not any (one) {{term|of}} a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord while nothing is not any thing; no thing.As adverbs the difference between none and nothing
is that none is (in no way) To no extent, in no way while nothing is not at all; in no way.As nouns the difference between none and nothing
is that none is a person without religious affiliation while nothing is something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.As a determiner none
is not any; no.none
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Alternative forms
* nonPronoun
(English Pronouns)- Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.
Usage notes
Although uncountable nouns require none'' to be conjugated with a singular verb, ''e.g.'', ''None of this meat tastes right'', the pronoun can be either singular or plural in most other cases, ''e.g.'', ''Fifty people applied for the position, but none were accepted.'', and ''None was qualified . However, where the given or implied context is clearly singular or plural, then a matching verb makes better sense: : None of these men is my father. : None of those options is the best one. : None of these people are my parents.Antonyms
* some * allDerived terms
* half a loaf is better than noneDeterminer
(en determiner)- the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.
- None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.
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* * (wikipedia "none")Adverb
(-)- I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
- He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
- Now don't you worry none .
- And up into his contour-hous gooth he / To rekene with hymself, wel may be, / Of thilke yeer how that it with hym stood, / And how that he despended hadde his good, / And if that he encresses were or noon .
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Alternative forms
* (nonstandard) nuffin, nuffink, nuttin'Pronoun
(wikipedia nothing) (English Pronouns)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
- I didn't see nothing. [= I didn't see anything].
Synonyms
* (not any thing) ** (standard) not a thing ** (slang) jack, nada, zip ** (vulgar slang) bugger all, jack shit, sod all (British), fuck all ** (Northern English dialect) nowt :: See * (something trifling) nothing of any consequence, nothing consequential, nothing important, nothing significant, something inconsequential, something insignificant, something of no consequence, something trifling, something unimportantAntonyms
* anything * everything * somethingNoun
(en noun)- What happened to your face?'' — ''It's nothing.
- Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings , but pursuances of old truths.
- You're nothing to me now!