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Wherein vs Whereunder - What's the difference?

wherein | whereunder |

As adverbs the difference between wherein and whereunder

is that wherein is how, or in what way while whereunder is under which or what.

As a conjunction wherein

is where, or in which location.

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

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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

    whereunder

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) Under which or what.
  • * 1911 , , The Conflict , ch. 8,
    • The real bottom cause of the change was the "gentlemen's agreement" between the two party machines whereunder both entered the service of the same master.

    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, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. English pronominal adverbs