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Wherewith vs Wherein - What's the difference?

wherewith | wherein |

As adverbs the difference between wherewith and wherein

is that wherewith is with which; with what while wherein is how, or in what way.

As a noun wherewith

is something with which; the means by which.

As a conjunction wherein is

where, or in which location.

wherewith

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (archaic) With which; with what.
  • * Matthew 5:13:
  • *:Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
  • * Zechariah 14:12:
  • *:And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Something with which; the means by which.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:Hath not he wherewith to be beholding unto this his killing vivacitie?

    • See also

    * herewith * therewith * wherewithal English pronominal adverbs

    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

    *

    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