What's the difference between whatever and whichever?

Whatever


Definition:

  • (pron.) Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The measure destroyed the Justice Department’s plans to prosecute whatever Guantánamo detainees it could in federal courts.
  • (2) But whatever they invested in me, they got in return 10, 20 times more.
  • (3) Evidence of the industrial panic surfaced at Digital Britain when Sly Bailey, the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, suggested that national newspaper websites that chased big online audiences have "devalued news" , whatever that might mean.
  • (4) And this has opened up a loophole for businesses to be morally bankrupt, ignoring the obligations to its workforce because no legal conduct has been established.” Whatever the outcome of the pending lawsuits, it’s unlikely that just one model will work for everybody.
  • (5) Hemophilia type A or B is due to deficiency in factor VIII C or IX C, but whatever the type and whether the affection is severe or attenuated the risk of hemorrhage after surgery is identical.
  • (6) An integrated approach to the surgical management of diffuse subaortic stenosis has been designed to provide adequate relief of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction whatever the anatomical features encountered at operation.
  • (7) Tony Abbott urges Europe to adopt Australian policies in refugee crisis Read more Given that Obama – whatever one’s views on his strategy – is not advocating a bigger military contribution, the only difference is that Abbott is “urging” the US and others to do more, which sounds resolute, and Turnbull says he would consider any request if it was made.
  • (8) Whatever else Scott is about, Waverley ends with a vision of Britishness and a British union.
  • (9) EEG arousal diminished as a function of distance, while arousal for direct gaze was always higher than for averted gaze, whatever the distance.
  • (10) Whatever the level of the fine, the judge's remarks are damning."
  • (11) But Zambelis added: "Whatever rebel government emerges, China already has a place in the country business-wise.
  • (12) We simply do whatever nature needs and will work with anyone that wants to help wildlife.” His views might come as a surprise to some of the RSPB’s 1.1 million members, who would have been persuaded by its original pledge “to discourage the wanton destruction of birds”; they would equally have been a surprise to the RSPB’s detractors in the shooting world.
  • (13) Whatever their other faults, most Republicans running for office this year do not share Trump’s unwillingness to condemn the Ku Klux Klan.
  • (14) Reading these latest statistics, it’s crucial that our generation – millennials, Gen Y, whatever we want to call ourselves – abandons this preposterous narrative.
  • (15) Referents (n = 1165) were chosen from subjects who had no such leave, whatever the medical reason, and were matched to cases by the incidence density sampling method.
  • (16) During the night the Government has to do whatever it takes to re-include those amendments – on which they will attach a vote of confidence – otherwise Italians will see their taxes increase again without important compensatory measures being passed.
  • (17) Lack of transparency about the nature of the relationship between police and media also led to speculation and perceptions, whatever the facts, that caused "serious harm".
  • (18) Whatever the lesion, all the rats succeeded in learning the task but some differences appeared in comparison with intact and sham-operated rats.
  • (19) A patient with marked perceptual difficulties but no difficulty whatever in recognizing faces was tested as a control.
  • (20) Uncomfortable questions, which require an answer, whatever the result of the AV vote.

Whichever


Definition:

  • (pron. & a.) Alt. of Whichsoever

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The threshold for stimulation-produced analgesia or aversion, whichever was lowest, was determined before and after drug administration.
  • (2) There were neither differences in intubation conditions nor in the occurrence of postoperative diplopia whichever muscle relaxant was used.
  • (3) Through medical records, all patients were followed up for the development of subsequent internal cancer until they died, moved from Rochester, Minn, or January 1, 1986, whichever came first.
  • (4) In multiple regression analyses, the prognostic value of chromosomes was independent of (and second in importance to) the FAB type of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) whichever chromosome classification was used.
  • (5) Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg was bound by the decision of voters to get into coalition with whichever party wins the most seats, he said.
  • (6) The US would be in a situation where it would presumably then say we’d reimpose sanctions which would only hurt, for the most part, US businesses, which would then turn on whichever administration,” said George Perkovich, vice-president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  • (7) Reaffirming his long-standing opposition to Trident in a BBC Scotland interview, Corbyn said: “In the House of Commons I was chair of the CND [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament] group and one of the vice-chairs is from the SNP, and yes, we will be voting with them on this – or they will be voting with us, whichever way you want to put it.” Have you joined Labour since Corbyn became leader?
  • (8) The doomsday scenario privately discussed at both party conferences so far was the grudging election of a largest party of whichever flavour, but without the majority or mandate to fight its way out of a paper bag.
  • (9) Biodistribution was followed for up to 72 hr after injection but the pattern showed no change after 8 hr, whichever the route of administration.
  • (10) It is concluded that whichever view is taken of the mechanisms of severe adverse reactions, the new nonionic agents are likely to be safer than the ionic agents now in use.
  • (11) The annual increase in the state pension will be protected by what Osborne described as a "triple lock" - the rise will be in line with earnings, prices or a 2.5% increase, whichever is the greater.
  • (12) Whichever route is taken, staggering amounts of money need to be spent.
  • (13) Whichever label was used, only little radio-activity was found in EMT6 tumour and brain.
  • (14) Osborne and Cameron have promised to "triple lock" the state pension so that it will increase by whichever is higher – inflation, wages or 2.5%.
  • (15) Patients were followed for three months or until six attacks were monitored, whichever came first.
  • (16) The likelihood of serious industrial unrest cannot be ruled out.” The two money-saving proposals on offer involve either a series of changes including increasing the pension age from 60 to 65 or state pension age (whichever is higher), or breaking the final-salary link for the pension scheme, according to Prospect.
  • (17) We prevented nine experienced fast pitch softball players from viewing the ball during the first, middle, or last third of its trajectory and found that seeing the first third of the ball's trajectory is not as critical as had been thought: batters are very good at making do with whichever two-thirds of the ball's trajectory is visible.
  • (18) Whichever way the election goes, education and health care are unlikely to be on the agenda The fierce political struggle of recent months is about a bid to capture and control oil wealth.
  • (19) The guarantee, which means the state pension will rise in line with whichever is higher out of prices inflation, earnings or 2.5%, was introduced in 2010.
  • (20) Each physician completed a standardized report form for 100 consecutive x-rays or for all x-rays obtained for three months, whichever came first.

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