How vs. What
Howadverb
(interrogative) To what degree.
Howadverb
In what manner.
Howadverb
In what state.
Howadverb
Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.
Hownoun
The means by which something is accomplished.
Hownoun
(dialectal) An artificial barrow or tumulus.
Hownoun
(dialectal) A small hill in northern England. (Usage preserved mainly in place names.)
Howconjunction
In which way; in such way.
Howconjunction
That, the fact that, the way that.
Howinterjection
A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.
Howadverb
In what manner or way; by what means or process.
Howadverb
To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.
Howadverb
For what reason; from what cause.
Howadverb
In what state, condition, or plight.
Howadverb
By what name, designation, or title.
Howadverb
At what price; how dear.
Howadverb
to what extent or amount or degree;
Howadverb
in what way or manner or by what means (`however' is sometimes used as an intensive form of `how');
Whatpronoun
(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
Whatpronoun
That; which; who.
Whatpronoun
That which; those that; the thing that.
Whatpronoun
Whatever.
Whatadverb
(usually followed by "with") In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with
Whatadverb
Such.
Whatadverb
(obsolete) Why?
Whatadverb
Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
Whatadverb
(Singlish) lang=en used to contradict an assumption
Whatinterjection
An expression of surprise or disbelief.
Whatinterjection
Response that enquires what the asker desires (usually said unhappily).
Whatinterjection
clipping of what do you say?
Whatinterjection
What did you say? I beg your pardon?
Whatdeterminer
Which; which kind of.
Whatdeterminer
How much; how great (used in an exclamation).
Whatdeterminer
(relative) Whatever
Whatnoun
Something; thing; stuff.
Whatnoun
(countable) The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
Whatnoun
(countable) Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
What
As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?
What
As an exclamatory word: - (a) Used absolutely or independently; - often with a question following.
What
Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!
What
As a relative pronoun
What
Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!
What
Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; - called a compound relative.
What
Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; - used indefinitely.
What
Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.
What
Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; - with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.
What
Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.
What
Why? For what purpose? On what account?
Whatnoun
Something; thing; stuff.
Whatpronoun
asking for information specifying something
Whatpronoun
asking for repetition of something not heard or confirmation of something not understood
Whatpronoun
the thing or things that (used in specifying something)
Whatpronoun
(referring to the whole of an amount) whatever
Whatpronoun
(in exclamations) emphasizing something surprising or remarkable
Whatdeterminer
asking for information specifying something
Whatdeterminer
(referring to the whole of an amount) whatever
Whatdeterminer
(in exclamations) how great or remarkable
Whatadverb
to what extent?
Whatadverb
used to indicate an estimate or approximation
Whatadverb
used for emphasis or to invite agreement
