different between elsewhere vs nowhere

English

Etymology

From Middle English elswher, from Old English elles hw?r and elles hwer?en (“elsewhere”); corresponding with else +? where.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ls?????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ls?????/

Adverb

elsewhere (not comparable)

1. Synonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.

Related terms

• elsehow
• elseward
• elsewhat
• elsewhen
• elsewhence
• elsewhither
• elsewho
• elsewhom
• elsewise

Noun

elsewhere (plural elsewheres)

1. Synonym of somewhere else: a place other than here.
   • 2000, Angela M Jeannet, Under the radiant sun and the crescent moon: Italo Calvino's storytelling

     We are back on the Ligurian coast, from which vertigos push human beings toward all kinds of elsewheres.

Further reading

• elsewhere in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• elsewhere in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

no +? where

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?no?.(h)w??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??.w??/
• Hyphenation: no?where

Adverb

nowhere (not comparable)

1. In no place.

   Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.

2. To no place.

   We sat in traffic, going nowhere.

Translations

Adjective

nowhere (not comparable)

1. Unimportant; unworthy of notice.

Antonyms

• everywhere

Derived terms

• nowhere dense
• nowhere dense set

Noun

nowhere (plural nowheres)

1. No particular place, noplace.

   They went on a cruise to nowhere.

Derived terms

• all dressed up and nowhere to go
• middle of nowhere
• Nowheresville

Related terms

• anywhere, anyplace
• everywhere, everyplace
• somewhere, someplace
• nobody, no one
• nothing

Anagrams

• whereon