Wherever vs Whithersoever - What's the difference?
wherever | whithersoever |
(An emphatic form of) where .
In or to whatever place; anywhere.
In all places; everywhere.
*, chapter=23
, title= To what place soever; wherever.
* , Matthew 8:19
* 1926 , , (Weird Tales), 8, No.3 , 373-80.
As adverbs the difference between wherever and whithersoever
is that wherever is (an emphatic form of) where while whithersoever is to what place soever; wherever.As a conjunction wherever
is in or to whatever place; anywhere.wherever
English
Adverb
(-)- Wherever have you been all my life?
Usage notes
* Used emphatically, wherever may be two words ("where ever") when used in questions, though the single word "wherever" is also common, especially in US usage.Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
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 English pronominal adverbs English interrogative adverbswhithersoever
English
Adverb
(-)- And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
- But again I thought of the emptiness and horror of reality, and boldly prepared to follow whithersoever I might be led.
