different between anywhere vs anything

English

Etymology

any +? where

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n?w??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.i?.(h)w??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.i.(h)w??/

Adverb

anywhere (not comparable)

1. In or at any location or an unknown location.

   For many 'home' is an affectation when used anywhere that 'house' would be appropriate, as in 'Home for Sale' .

2. To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.

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Translations

Pronoun

anywhere

1. Any location or an unknown location.

   Anywhere is better than here!

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n.i.???/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?æ.ni.???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.n?.???/, /??.ni.???/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /??.n?.???/
• Hyphenation: an?y?thing

Etymology 1

From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ?ni? þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any +? thing.

Pronoun

anything

1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

   Synonym: aught
2. (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.

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Noun

anything (plural anythings)

1. Someone or something of importance.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English anything, enything, onything, onythynge, from Old English ?ni?e þinga, ?n?i þinga (literally “by any of things”), from ?ni?e, instrumental form of ?ni? (“any”) + þinga, genitive plural of þing (“thing”).

Adverb

anything (not comparable)

1. In any way, any extent or any degree.

   That isn't anything like a car.

   She's not anything like as strong as me.

References

• anything in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Thingyan