Anybody vs. Everybody: What's the Difference?

Anybody and Everybody Definitions

A person of consequence

Everybody who is anybody was at the reception. See Usage Notes at anyone, every, he1.

All people.

Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

Anybody will do.

Is there anybody inside?

Every person.

(informal) A person of some consideration or standing.

Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.

Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.

Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody.

A person of consideration or standing.

All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list.