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Whereto vs Whereso - What's the difference?

whereto | whereso |

As adverbs the difference between whereto and whereso

is that whereto is (archaic|interrogative) to what; to which place, whither? while whereso is (archaic) wheresoever; regardless of which place.

whereto

English

Adverb

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  • (archaic, interrogative) To what; to which place, whither?
  • (obsolete, interrogative) To what end; why?
  • (archaic, relative) To which.
  • * 1658 , (Thomas Browne), The Garden of Cyrus :
    • According whereto Xenophon'' describeth his gallant plantation at ''Sardis'', thus rendred by ''Strebæus .

    See also

    * thereabout, thereas, thereafter, thereagainst, therebefore, thereat, thereby, therefor, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinto, 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 * whereabout, whereas, whereafter, whereagainst, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal English pronominal adverbs English interrogative adverbs

    whereso

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) wheresoever; regardless of which place
  • * {{quote-book, year=1900, author=Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris, title=The Story of Grettir The Strong, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Thrand answered that whereso he was, he would still be deemed a brave man, "And now it is meet for thee to settle down and get married, and I would put forth my word and help, if I but knew whereto thou lookest." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1915, author=Edward Carpenter, title=The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=But when Commercial and Colonial expansion became a definite and avowed object of the former's policy, she found, whereso she might look, that Britain was there, in the way--"everywhere British colonies, British coaling stations, and floating over a fifth of the globe the British flag." }}