Whose vs Whosever - What's the difference?

whose | whosever |

As pronouns the difference between whose and whosever

is that whose is of whom, belonging to whom; used as an interrogative pronoun while whosever is of whomever.

whose

English

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)

Of whom, belonging to whom; (used as an interrogative pronoun).

Of whom, belonging to whom; (used as a relative pronoun).

(=This man's dog caused the accident.)

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.

Of which, belonging to which; (used as a relative pronoun).

(=The roofs are falling off several houses we saw.)

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* English interrogative pronouns English relative pronouns

whosever

English

Pronoun

Of whomever.

* 1866 , , The Galaxy , W.C and F.P. Church, page 584

"And she is not wholesome, whosever word it was. She was there, hanging about him when he was so bad, before the worst came."