The difference between All and None

When used as determiners, all means every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable), whereas none means not any.

When used as nouns, all means everything that one is capable of, whereas none means a person without religious affiliation.

When used as pronouns, all means everything, whereas none means not any of a given number or group. no one, nobody. no person.

When used as adverbs, all means ., whereas none means to no extent, in no way.

All is also conjunction with the meaning: although.

All is also adjective with the meaning: all gone.

check bellow for the other definitions of All and None

  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. None as a pronoun:

    Not any of a given number or group. No one, nobody. No person.

    Examples:

    "None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable."

    "None of this meat tastes right."

    "None of those people is my father."

    "None of those people are my parents."

  1. None as an adverb:

    To no extent, in no way.

    Examples:

    "I felt none the worse for my recent illness."

    "He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy."

  2. None as an adverb:

    Not at all.

    Examples:

    "Now don't you worry none."

  3. None as an adverb (obsolete):

    No, not.

  1. None as a noun:

    A person without religious affiliation.

  1. None as a noun (Christian):

    the ninth hour after dawn; the religious service appointed to this hour.

  2. None as a noun (obsolete):

    the time around or following noon or nones.

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