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Whomever vs Whatsoever - What's the difference?

whomever | whatsoever |

As pronouns the difference between whomever and whatsoever

is that whomever is while whatsoever is (obsolete) whatever.

As an adjective whatsoever is

whatever.

whomever

English

Alternative forms

* whomsoever

Pronoun

(en-pron)
  • .
  • * Max Beerbohm:
    • “To impose his will on whomever he sees comfortably settled.”

    Usage notes

    Related terms

    * whom * whichever * whoever

    whatsoever

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Whatever.
  • * (John Milton)
    • In whatsoever shape he lurk.
  • * The Holy Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
    • Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
  • In any way; at all.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever . He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (obsolete) whatever
  • * Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
    • Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
  • * (Francis Bacon)
    • I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.

    Usage notes

    The word is sometimes divided by tmesis : “What things soever ye desire”. (Mark xi. 24) (Webster 1913)