different between everything vs pantophobia

English

Alternative forms

• (eye dialect, AAVE): e'rythin', e'rythang, e'rything, ev'ryting, ev'rythang, ev'ythang, ev'rything, ev'ythin', ev'ything, eve'ything, errythin,
• (eye dialect, Caribbean): everytin', everyting
• (eye dialect, Southern US): everytang
• (obsolete): evrything, evrythin

Etymology

every +? thing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v?i???/
• Hyphenation: eve?ry?thing or ev?e?ry?thing

Pronoun

everything

1. (literally) All the things under discussion.

2. (colloquial, hyperbolic) Many or most things.

3. (colloquial) A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).

4. (colloquial) Considerable effort.

   It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.

5. (colloquial) The most important thing.

   I can't believe I made it in time - timing is everything!

Synonyms

• all

Antonyms

• nothing

Derived terms

• everything and the kitchen sink
• everything but the kitchen sink
• everything else
• everything under the sun
• if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
• leave everything on the road
• talk about everything under the sun
• theory of everything
• timing is everything

Pages starting with “everything”.

Related terms

• anything
• every
• everybody
• everyone
• everywhere
• nothing
• something

Translations

English

Etymology

From panto- +? -phobia.

Noun

pantophobia (uncountable)

1. The fear of everything; panphobia.
2. (by confusion) Panophobia, a condition of groundless fears.

Related terms

• panphobia