What is the difference between whereunder and where?
whereunder | where | Derived terms |
(archaic) Under which or what.
* 1911 , , The Conflict , ch. 8,
While on the contrary; although; whereas.
* (William Shakespeare)
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= At or in which place or situation.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
, title= To which place or situation.
Wherever.
(legal) In a position, case, etc., in which.
At what place; to what place; what place.
In what situation.
The place in which something happens.
Whereunder is a derived term of where.
As adverbs the difference between whereunder and where
is that whereunder is (archaic) under which or what while where is at what place; to what place; what place.As a conjunction where is
while on the contrary; although; whereas.As a pronoun where is
the place in which.As a noun where is
the place in which something happens.whereunder
English
Adverb
(-)- 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, wherewithalReferences
* Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. English pronominal adverbswhere
English
Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- And flight and die is death destroying death; / Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.
- Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}
Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
Adverb
(-)- Where are you?
- Where are you going?
- Where did you come from?
- Where would we be without our parents?
Noun
(-)- A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where , the why and the how.
- Finding the nymph asleep in secret where . — Spenser.