Difference between anyone and anybody?

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As per google meaning I understood like,

Anyone - any person or any people

Anybody - anyone

It seems both are relevant. I am trying to understand the proper place for using these words. Please help me.

Thanks in Advance.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '15 at 11:34

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There's no difference.

Cambridge's reference:

Anyone and anybody have no difference in meaning. Anybody is a little less formal than anyone. Anyone is used more in writing than anybody:

I didn’t know anybody at the party.

[talking about the New Zealand rugby team, the All Blacks]

It is hard to find anyone who thinks that the All Blacks will face a stronger team.

answered Sep 11 '15 at 11:34

Maulik V

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this might interest you – Maulik V Sep 11 '15 at 12:07

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '15 at 12:15

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As Maulik wrote, they are interchangeable with only slight differences in formailty.

One common pitfall that I have seen learners fall into is the creating the negative forms of these words. Nobody is a single word, but the negative friend of anyone is no one, which cannot be written as one word.

answered Sep 11 '15 at 12:15

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yes, but good to note that 'none' is also a word! – Maulik V Sep 12 '15 at 05:38
Correct! It does not necessarily have the same meaning as "no one", though. – Aaron Brown Sep 13 '15 at 01:54
Hi @ Aaron, Thank you for your valuable reply. Thank you for one more additional information on "No one" and "None". :-) – Jeya Suriya Muthumari Sep 14 '15 at 04:34

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