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Whereabout vs Thereabout - What's the difference?

whereabout | thereabout |

As adverbs the difference between whereabout and thereabout

is that whereabout is about which; concerning which while thereabout is near that place, time or date.

whereabout

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (archaic) About which; concerning which.
  • * Hooker
  • the object whereabout they are conversant
  • About where.
  • Derived terms

    * whereabouts English pronominal adverbs

    thereabout

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • near that place, time or date
  • Dinner will be ready at 6:30 or thereabout .
  • approximately that number
  • The speed of light is 185,000 miles per hour, right? - Yes, thereabout .
  • (obsolete) concerning that; about that
  • What will ye dine? I will go thereabout . — Chaucer.
    They were much perplexed thereabout . — Luke xxiv. 4.

    Synonyms

    * thereabouts

    Derived terms

    * thereabouts

    See also

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