What is the difference between whereto and whither?
whereto | whither |
(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 :
(literary, or, archaic) To which place.
* 1918 , , Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 8
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* 1885 , , Penguin Red Classics, paperback edition, page 24
Whither is a synonym of whereto.
As adverbs the difference between whereto and whither
is that whereto is to what; to which place, whither while whither is to which place.As a verb whither is
to wuther.whereto
English
Adverb
(-)- 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 adverbswhither
English
Adverb
(-)- The wagon jolted on, carrying me I knew not whither .
- And with the same grave countenance he hurried through his breakfast and drove to the police station, whither the body had been carried.