Whatever vs Alright - What's the difference?
whatever | alright |
(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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, 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.
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* 1662 : Cantus, songs and fancies, to three, four, or five parts, both apt for voices and viols : with a brief introduction to musick, as is taught by Thomas Davidson, in the Musick-School of Aberdene by Thomas Davidson, iii. sig. B/1
* 1922 : , chapter 18
* 1932 : "Goodbye, Christ" by
* 1939 : , chapter 1.40
* 2000 : House of Leaves by , page 105
(informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK
(UK, informal) Generic greeting.
As adjectives the difference between whatever and alright
is that whatever is (lb) unexceptional or unimportant; blah while alright is http://thewritepracticecom/words-that-are-not-words-alright-and-alot/http://wwwwritersreliefcom/blog/2008/06/standard-vs-nonstandard-phrases-and-words-with-more-than-one-spelling/http://wordnetwebprincetonedu/perl/webwn?s=alrighthttp://grammarquickanddirtytipscom/all-right-versus-alrightaspxhttp://wwwvappingocom/word-blog/common-mistakes-in-english/http://oxforddictionariescom/words/all-right-or-alright satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order, but not necessarily completely right used to distinguish from "all right", which would mean "all correct".As interjections the difference between whatever and alright
is that whatever is (colloquial|dismissive) a holophrastic expression used discourteously to indicate that the speaker does not consider the matter worthy of further discussion while alright is (informal) used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; ok.As a determiner whatever
is no matter which; for any.As a pronoun whatever
is anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options.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 .
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English
Alternative forms
* all right * aight (AAVE) * awright * orightAdjective
(-)- Where ever I go, both to and fro
- You have my heart alright .
- …if I went by his advices every blessed hat I put on does that suit me yes take that thats alright the one like a wedding cake standing up miles off my head…
- You did alright in your day, I reckon—
- But that day's gone now.
- Bladyughfoulmoecklenburgwhurawhorascortastrumpapornanennykocksapastippatappatupperstrippuckputtanach, eh? You have it alright .
- "You're alright' Johnny," she said in a way that actually made him feel ' alright . At least for a little while.