All vs. Everyone

All vs. Everyone — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between All and Everyone

Alldeterminer

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 contestants must register at the scorer’s table.All flesh is originally grass.All my friends like classical music.

Everyonepronoun

Every person.

Alldeterminer

Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).

Alldeterminer

(obsolete) Any.

Alldeterminer

Only; alone; nothing but.

He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.

Allpronoun

Everything.

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.
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Allpronoun

Everyone.

A good time was had by all.We all enjoyed the movie.

Allpronoun

The only thing(s).

All that was left was a small pile of ash.

Allpronoun

Used after what, where, how and similar words, either without changing their meaning, or indicating that one expects that they cover more than one element, e.g. that "who all attended" is more than one person.}} Some dialects only allow this to follow some words and not others.

Alladverb

(degree) Intensifier.

It suddenly went all quiet.She was all, “Whatever.”

Alladverb

(poetic) Entirely.

Alladverb

Apiece; each.

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

(degree) So much.

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

Alladverb

Even; just.

Allnoun

(with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.

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

Allnoun

(countable) The totality of one's possessions.

Allconjunction

(obsolete) Although.

Alladjective

All gone; dead.

The butter is all.

Alladjective

quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class;

we sat up all nightate all the foodall men are mortalall parties are welcomehave some milksome roses were still bloominghaving some friends oversome applessome paper

Alladjective

completely given to or absorbed by;

became all attention

Alladverb

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly');

he was wholly convincedentirely satisfied with the mealit was completely different from what we expectedwas completely at faulta totally new situationthe directions were all wrongit was not altogether her faultan altogether new approacha whole new idea