anyway vs either way

anyway

adv
  • Regardless; anyhow. 

  • Used at the end of a question for emphasis, or to direct the conversation to something of more broad importance (compare with more to the point). 

  • Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least. 

  • Used to indicate a change of subject. 

either way

adv
  • Regardless of what happens (out of two possible situations). 

How often have the words anyway and either way occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )