come hell or high water vs howsoever

come hell or high water

adv
  • Regardless of the hardships. 

howsoever

adv
  • Regardless of the way in which. 

  • To whatever degree or extent. 

  • In any manner whatsoever. 

How often have the words come hell or high water and howsoever occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )