Whatever vs Anywhere - What's the difference?
whatever | anywhere |
(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.
In or at any location or an unknown location.
To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.
Any location or an unknown location.
Anywhere is a conjunction of whatever.
As pronouns the difference between whatever and anywhere
is that whatever is anything; used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options while anywhere is any location or an unknown location.As an adjective whatever
is unexceptional or unimportant; blah.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 an adverb anywhere is
in or at any location or an unknown location.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.
The Evolution of Eyeglasses, passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.}}
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
Adverb
(-)- I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere .
- I'd rather be anywhere else.
- Anywhere you go in France, there will be bread and wine with dinner .
- I'm staying home today. I'm not going anywhere .
- Are you going anywhere special this weekend?
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- Anywhere is better than here!