What's the difference between soever and whosoever?

Soever


Definition:

  • () A word compounded of so and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.

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Whosoever


Definition:

  • (pron.) Whatsoever person; any person whatever that; whoever.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I’m supporting the commander-in-chief of the Republic of the Gambia – of the Islamic Republic of the Gambia – whosoever it may be,” he said.
  • (2) Marvel editor Wil Moss said: "The inscription on Thor's hammer reads, 'Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.'
  • (3) OK, at every public event in the US there is always someone holding up a sign reading "John 3:16", which is the biblical passage "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
  • (4) "For whosoever hath, to [her] shall be given … but whosoever hath not, from [her] shall be taken away even that [she] hath."

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