whole vs entire

Both 'whole' and 'entire' are correct adjectives that can be used to describe something complete or undivided. They are often interchangeable, but 'whole' is more commonly used in everyday language, while 'entire' is slightly more formal.

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whole

Correct. 'Whole' is an adjective used to describe something complete or undivided.

It is commonly used in everyday language to refer to something complete or entire.

Examples:

I ate the whole pizza by myself.
She read the whole book in one sitting.

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This whole back-and-forth game for leverage is pointless.
That's the whole shakedown, actually.
Your superhuman powers of observation saved the whole platoon.
Even the slightest tinkering derails the whole process.
Tom Paine practically started this whole country.
And sometimes even a whole month.
Loneliness means I'm finally whole.
The whole apartment is furnished on instalments.
Nothing exists in whole world... only tree.
The slightest electronic pulse could ignite this whole tube.
I will destroy the whole day.
Relax your whole body's strength.
I practically burned down my whole neighborhood.
Apparently, he never stopped talking the whole journey.
It could off-line whole manufacturing runs, weapons programs.
Lydia somehow delayed the whole thing.
A double espresso... whole milk today.
Makes me question the whole judicial system.
The machines control the whole Northern Sector upto San Francisco.
However profitability remained negative throughout the whole period considered.

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entire

Correct. 'Entire' is an adjective used to describe something complete or undivided, but it is slightly more formal than 'whole'.

It is often used in more formal contexts or in written language.

Examples:

He spent the entire day working on the project.
The entire population was affected by the disaster.

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7 days ago ... adjective ; 1 · having no element or part left out : whole. was alone the entire day ; 2 · complete in degree : total. their entire devotion to ...
AdjectiveEdit. entire (not comparable). (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete. quotations ▽.
4 days ago ... entire | American Dictionary ... whole or complete, with nothing lacking, or continuous, without interruption: He read the entire book on the ...
Entire definition, having all the parts or elements; whole; complete: He wrote the entire novel in only six weeks. See more.
Dec 19, 2002 ... If not, are case-by-case justifications required each time the entire medical record is disclosed? Answer: No. The Privacy Rule does not ...
Sharing your notes is easy in OneNote for Windows 10. You can invite others to view a specific page or an entire notebook, and you can select whether ...
Regeneration of the entire human epidermis using transgenic stem cells. Nature. 2017 Nov 16;551(7680):327-332. doi: 10.1038/nature24487. Epub 2017 Nov 8.
entire means whole, having unbroken unity: · Complete implies that a certain unit has all its parts or is fully developed or perfected, and may apply to a ...

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