Whether

Definition:

  • (pron.) Which (of two); which one (of two); -- used interrogatively and relatively.
  • (conj.) In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first.

Compare whether with other words:

can vs. whether

whether vs. whetter

whence vs. whether

content vs. whether

fuss vs. whether

rather vs. whether

regardless vs. whether

weather vs. whether

appeal vs. whether

whether vs. whither

call vs. whether

neither vs. whether

either vs. whether

adverbial vs. whether

alternative vs. whether

interrogative vs. whether