Whatsoever vs Whosoever - What's the difference?
whatsoever | whosoever |
Whatever.
* (John Milton)
* The Holy Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
In any way; at all.
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(obsolete) whatever
* Bible, Genesis xxxi. 16
* (Francis Bacon)
whichever person; whoever
* 1597 — v 3
* 1611 — 6:47
*:"Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like"
* 18?? — , source?
As pronouns the difference between whatsoever and whosoever
is that whatsoever is whatever while whosoever is whichever person; whoever.As an adjective whatsoever
is whatever.whatsoever
English
Adjective
(-)- In whatsoever shape he lurk.
- Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
- I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.
Usage notes
The word is sometimes divided by tmesis : “What things soever ye desire”. (Mark xi. 24) (Webster 1913)whosoever
English
Pronoun
(en-pron)- If thou do pardon, whosoever pray,
More sins for this forgiveness prosper may.
- This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.