Their vs. There

Main Difference
Their and There are the two English language terms that are often confused together as they both are homophones. Homophones are the words which produce similar sort of sound when pronounced. Their and There are often confused also because of a slight difference in spelling and their massive usage in daily life writing. The basic difference between both these English words is that “Their” refers to the possession of people, group or ownership. On the other hand the word “There” depicts the place or we can say point towards the place or area.

Difference Between Their and There

Their vs. There

‘There’ is the term or English language word that is used to depict the place or point towards an area or space.

Their vs. There

‘Their’ is the term or English language word that is used to show the possessiveness and ownership of particular things.

Their vs. There

There is used as a pronoun, adjective, noun, adverb, interjection,

Their vs. There

There is used as a possessive

Their vs. There

Theirs refer towards the ownership or possessiveness.

Their vs. There

There refer towards the place, area or space.

Theirdeterminer

Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural).

they will meet tomorrow at their convenience;this is probably their cat

Thereadverb

(location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).

Theirdeterminer

Belonging to someone (one person, singular).

Thereadverb

(figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.

He did not stop there, but continued his speech.They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.

Theiradverb

misspelling of there

Thereadverb

(location) To or into that place; thither.

Thereadverb

(obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.

Thereadverb

In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.

Thereinterjection

Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.

There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.

Thereinterjection

Used to express victory or completion.

There! That knot should hold.

Therenoun

That place.

Therenoun

That status; that position.

You get it ready; I'll take it from there.

Therepronoun

Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.

There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]

Therepronoun

Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.

If x is a positive number, then there exists [=there is] a positive number y less than x.There remain several problems with this approach. [=Several problems remain with this approach.]Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. [=There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.]There arose a great wind out of the east. [=There was now a great wind, arising in the east.]

Therepronoun

Used with other verbs, when raised.

There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.]

Therepronoun

That.

therefor, thereat, thereunder

Therepronoun

(colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells

Hi there, young fellow.''

Theredeterminer

misspelling of their

Therenoun

a location other than here; that place;

you can take it from there

Thereadverb

in or at that place;

they have lived there for yearsit's not therethat man [who is] there

Thereadverb

in that matter;

I agree with you there

Thereadverb

to or toward that place; away from the speaker;

go there around noon!

Comparison Chart

Their	There
The word or term ‘Their’ refers to the possession, depicts to the group and shows ownership.	The word or term ‘There’ refers to the place, points towards the area or space, etc. There usually means “at that place.”
Originated from
Middle English. From Old Norse peirra.	From Old English as þar. Middle English there.
Used As
This term is usually used as a pronoun, As it shows the possessiveness. It is used with singulars and plurals both.	The term ‘There’ can be used as Adverb, Noun, Adjective, interjection and even pronoun.
Synonyms
Your, yours, etc.	Hear, nearby, around, etc.
Examples
Common examples 1.Their kitchen was dirty. 2. The cat was theirs. 3. These cards are theirs.	Common examples 1. There was a haunted house next to their home. 2. I left my shoes there. 3. We just wasted our time there.

What is Theirs?

The term ‘Their’ is a popular English language word that is used by millions of people in their daily life. ‘Their’ and ‘There’ are often confused with each other as they are the homophones. Homophones are the words with similar sounds. The difference between their spellings is also quite slight due to which while writing many high school children and sometimes even professionals get confused and mix up these two words. The best tip to remember the use of word ‘Their’ is that the letter ‘I’ depicts to the person itself, which means the word ‘their’ with a letter ‘I’ shows the possessiveness or ownership of a person. The term ‘There’ is used to show and depict the belonging or ownership of a person for any particular thing. For example, many people mix these two terms in their daily lives. Here ‘their’ depicts to the people who mix up the two terms. As a part of speech, this term is used as a possessive pronoun. Most of the times it is used in the plural, to replace the group or team, etc. But it can also be used in place of singulars as well whenever the gender of the person is not defined or is unknown. The best way to remember the use of ‘their’ remembers about the letter ‘I’ reference.

What is There?

There is a famous and widely used English language term or word that depicts any place or area. There is used to show or mention or point towards a particular place, area or zone, etc. There is the English language word that is quite old in its origin. It was first originated in the old English in which it was þar, and then furthermore it was passed to the Middle English and was referred as thore, as the French language also influenced it. Later on passing various development stages and variety of modification, ‘There’ founds its original form. There is the term or English language word with the maximum use. It ranks among the most widely used word in speaking and writing both. There as part of speech can be used as Noun, pronoun, adverb, adjective and even interjection.