The difference between All and Everything

When used as pronouns, all means everything, whereas everything means all the things under discussion.

All is also determiner with the meaning: every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).

All is also noun with the meaning: everything that one is capable of.

All is also conjunction with the meaning: although.

All is also adverb with the meaning: ..

All is also adjective with the meaning: all gone.

check bellow for the other definitions of All and Everything

  1. All as a pronoun:

    Everything.

    Examples:

    "some gave all they had;  she knows all and sees all;  Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do."

  2. All as a pronoun:

    Everyone.

    Examples:

    "A good time was had by all."

    "We all enjoyed the movie."

  3. All as a pronoun (Southern US, South Midland US, Midland US, Scotland, Northern Ireland):

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  1. All as an adverb (degree):

    .

    Examples:

    "It suddenly went all quiet."

    "She was all, “Whatever.”"

  2. All as an adverb (poetic):

    Entirely.

  3. All as an adverb:

    Apiece; each.

    Examples:

    "The score was 30 all when the rain delay started."

  4. All as an adverb (degree):

    So much.

    Examples:

    "Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets."

  5. All as an adverb (obsolete, poetic):

    Even; just.

  1. All as a noun (with a possessive pronoun):

    Everything that one is capable of.

    Examples:

    "She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line."

  2. All as a noun (countable):

    The totality of one's possessions.

  1. All as an adjective (Pennsylvania, dialect):

    All gone; dead.

    Examples:

    "The butter is all."

  1. Everything as a pronoun (literally):

    All the things under discussion.

    Examples:

    "I checked the list again and everything is done."

    "Thank you for everything you've done for us."

  2. Everything as a pronoun (colloquial, hyperbole):

    Many or most things.

    Examples:

    "upright A:What do you want to do at the amusement park?<br>upright B:Everything!"

    "I did everything today - washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry."

  3. Everything as a pronoun (colloquial):

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

    Examples:

    "She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine."

    "Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse."

  4. Everything as a pronoun (colloquial):

    The most important thing.

    Examples:

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

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