different between hereabout vs whereat

hereabout

English

Alternative forms

  • hereabouts

Etymology

here +? about

Adverb

hereabout (not comparable)

  1. Close to; nearby.
    I am sure my grandmother lived hereabout.

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whereat

English

Etymology

where- +? at

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /w????æt/

Conjunction

whereat

  1. at which, or toward which
    • 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
      Again she saw that bosom old, / Again she felt that bosom cold, / And drew in her breath with a hissing sound: / Whereat the Knight turned wildly round, / And nothing saw, but his own sweet maid / With eyes upraised, as one that prayed.
  2. because of which; whereupon

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Anagrams

  • weareth, weather, whate'er, wreathe

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