Difference Between Everyone and Every one

Difference Between Everyone and Every one: The word everyone and the phrase every one seems to appear the same. But is it? There are many such words like every time and everything that people often use as every time and everything respectively. But here, the word every time is grammatically incorrect. 

Let us see what happens in the case of everyone and everyone. 

Everyone vs Every One

How is the word everyone different from the word every one? 

Although, both everyone and everyone refers to the same thing mostly, there is a difference as to where these words should be used in a sentence. This depends on the context and purpose of the writing. 

However, if you search both these terms on Google, the Google dictionary returns the same page each time, meaning, these terms are quite the same. 

Nonetheless, let us see how they are slightly different from each other. 

Everyone 

The word everyone is a pronoun (words which are used in place of a noun) which means, ‘every person, or all the people’. The words everyone, everybody, each person, and each one, etc., are synonymous to each other. Unlike many other words, ‘everyone’ simply has one meaning. 

Examples of Everyone 

Here are some sentences that use the word everyone-

• Everyone has received the mail. 
• Everyone, who was going to Delhi arrived at the airport on time. 
• Everyone knows who stole the wallet that day. 

Every One 

The phrase every one means the same as everyone; the only difference is that, while everyone refers to all the people in the group collectively, every one is used when emphasis has to be placed on each person in the group individually. 

Simply put, when the context of a sentence is ‘each person’, we should use the phrase ‘every one’. 

Examples of Every One 

Here are some examples that use the phrase every one-

• Every one of the strawberries in this lot is bright red in color. 
• Every one of the students will receive a badge next week. 
• Every one of us should work toward the betterment of society. 

 Difference Between Everyone and Every one

Everyone	Every One
This is a single word.	This is a phrase consisting of two words.
Everyone is a pronoun, which can be replaced by Everybody.	In this phrase, ‘every’ is a determiner while ‘one’ is a noun. It means every individual.
Everyone is used to include all people of a group collectively.	Every one is used to add extra emphasis to each individual of a group.
It can be used in a sentence as – “The mail was sent to everyone.”	It can be used in a sentence as – “Every one received the welcome kit.”

How to decide which one to use where?

If you find it hard to recognize where you should use everyone and every one, then simply follow this trick. 

If you have decided to use ‘every one’ in some sentence, then try replacing the word ‘every one’ with ‘each one’. If the meaning still remains the same, then you are good to go. 

Example, in the sentence-

• Every one of us should work towards the betterment of society. 

the word ‘every one’ can be replaced with ‘each one’ and the sense of the sentence will remain unchanged. 

• Each one of us should work towards the betterment of society.

If you have decided to use ‘everyone’ in some sentence, then try replacing the word ‘everyone’ with ‘everybody’. If the meaning still remains the same, then you are good to go.

Example, in the sentence-

• Everyone has received the mail. 

the word ‘everyone’ can be replaced with ‘everybody’ and the sense of the sentence will remain unchanged.

• Everybody has received the mail.