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Wherein vs Whereat - What's the difference?

wherein | whereat |

As conjunctions the difference between wherein and whereat

is that wherein is where, or in which location while whereat is at which, or toward which.

As an adverb wherein

is how, or in what way.

wherein

English

Adverb

(-)
  • How, or in what way.
  • * Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 1 Kings 18:9

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    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • Where, or in which location.
  • * Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. Numbers 35:34
  • During which.
  • * There is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. Ecclesiastes 8:9
  • How, or in what way.
  • * In order to show them wherein they were wrong, Samuel was instructed to bear witness against them... 1 Samuel 8:9
    • English pronominal adverbs English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    whereat

    English

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • at which, or toward which
  • * 1793,
    • Again she saw that bosom old, / Again she felt that bosom cold, / And drew in her breath with a hissing sound: / Whereat the Knight turned wildly round, / And nothing saw, but his own sweet maid / With eyes upraised, as one that prayed.
  • because of which; whereupon

    • See also

    * thereabout, thereafter, thereagainst, thereat, thereby, therefor, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinafter, thereof, thereon, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal * hereabout, hereafter, hereat, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereunder, hereupon, herewith * whereabouts, whereas, whereafter, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal

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    * English pronominal adverbs