Entirety vs. Whole

Entiretynoun

The whole; the complete or amount.

‘Due to the early rainout, the game will be replayed in its entirety on Friday.’;

Wholeadjective

Entire.

‘I ate a whole fish.’;

Entiretynoun

The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest.

Wholeadjective

Sound, uninjured, healthy.

‘He is of whole mind, but the same cannot be said about his physical state.’;

Entiretynoun

That which is entire; the whole.

Wholeadjective

(of food) From which none of its constituents has been removed.

‘whole wheat;’; ‘whole milk’;

Entiretynoun

the state of being total;

‘appalled by the totality of the destruction’;

Wholeadverb

(colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.

‘I ate a fish whole!’;

Wholenoun

Something complete, without any parts missing.

‘This variety of fascinating details didn't fall together into an enjoyable, coherent whole.’;

Wholenoun

An entirety.

Wholeadjective

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.

‘The whole race of mankind.’;

Wholeadjective

Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.

‘My life is yet whole in me.’;

Wholeadjective

Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.

‘[She] findeth there her friends hole and sound.’; ‘They that be whole need not a physician.’; ‘When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole.’; ‘All the whole army stood agazed on him.’; ‘One entire and perfect chrysolite.’; ‘Lest total darkness should by night regainHer old possession, and extinguish life.’; ‘So absolute she seems,And in herself complete.’;

Wholenoun

The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.

‘"This not the whole of life to live,Nor all of death to die.’;

Wholenoun

A regular combination of parts; a system.

‘Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.’;

Wholenoun

all of something including all its component elements or parts;

‘Europe considered as a whole’; ‘the whole of American literature’;

Wholenoun

an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity;

‘how big is that part compared to the whole?’; ‘the team is a unit’;

Wholeadjective

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete;

‘gave his whole attention’; ‘a whole wardrobe for the tropics’; ‘the whole hog’; ‘a whole week’; ‘the baby cried the whole trip home’; ‘a whole loaf of bread’;

Wholeadjective

(of siblings) having the same parents;

‘whole brothers and sisters’;

Wholeadjective

exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health;

‘hale and hearty’; ‘whole in mind and body’; ‘a whole person again’;

Wholeadverb

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

‘he was wholly convinced’; ‘entirely satisfied with the meal’; ‘it was completely different from what we expected’; ‘was completely at fault’; ‘a totally new situation’; ‘the directions were all wrong’; ‘it was not altogether her fault’; ‘an altogether new approach’; ‘a whole new idea’;