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Wherein vs Whereof - What's the difference?

wherein | whereof |

As adverbs the difference between wherein and whereof

is that wherein is how, or in what way while whereof is of what.

As conjunctions the difference between wherein and whereof

is that wherein is where, or in which location while whereof is of what; of which; of whom.

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

    • See also

    *

    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

    whereof

    English

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • Of what; of which; of whom.

    • Related terms

    * whence

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) Of what.
  • (archaic) Of which.

    • References

    *

    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, wherenot English pronominal adverbs