Whereabout vs Thereabout - What's the difference?
whereabout | thereabout |
(archaic) About which; concerning which.
* Hooker
About where.
near that place, time or date
approximately that number
(obsolete) concerning that; about that
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
(-)- the object whereabout they are conversant
Derived terms
* whereabouts English pronominal adverbsthereabout
English
Adverb
(-)- Dinner will be ready at 6:30 or thereabout .
- The speed of light is 185,000 miles per hour, right? - Yes, thereabout .
- What will ye dine? I will go thereabout . — Chaucer.
- They were much perplexed thereabout . — Luke xxiv. 4.
