any one thing vs whatever

any one thing

whatever

det
  • What ever; emphatic form of 'what'. 

  • Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that. 

  • Any ... that; of no matter what type or kind that. 

  • Any; of no matter what type or kind. 

adj
  • Unexceptional or unimportant; blah. 

adv
  • In what way; to what extent. 

  • At all; in any way; whatsoever. 

noun
  • Something whose exact kind or nature is unimportant; a thingy. 

pron
  • Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options. 

  • Anything that; all that. 

  • Regardless of anything that. 

  • What ever; emphasised form of 'what', used to ask which thing, event, circumstance, etc. 

intj
  • A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further. 

How often have the words any one thing and whatever occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )