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Whoever vs Everyone - What's the difference?

whoever | everyone |

As pronouns the difference between whoever and everyone

is that whoever is whatever person or persons while everyone is every person.

As an adverb whoever

is An emphatic form of who.

whoever

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (An emphatic form of) who .

    • Pronoun

    (en-pron)
  • Whatever person or persons.
    • Whoever thought up that stupid idea?

    Usage notes

    See also

    * whatever * wherever * whenever * whomever * whosoever * nobody

    Pronoun

    (head)
  • *
    • (attention)

    Anagrams

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    everyone

    English

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • Every person.

    • Usage notes

    * This can be used loosely to mean "the majority of people," though linguistic purists will protest.

    Antonyms

    * no one

    Synonyms

    * everybody * the world and his wife

    Derived terms

    * everyone and their brother * everyone else

    Related terms

    * no one * someone * anyone * everywhere * everything