say vs whatever

say

adv
  • For example; let us assume. 

  • Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach. 

noun
  • Tried quality; temper; proof. 

  • A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision. 

  • Essay; trial; attempt. 

  • Trial by sample; assay; specimen. 

  • A strainer for milk. 

verb
  • Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis. 

  • To tell, either verbally or in writing. 

  • To indicate in a written form. 

  • To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact. 

  • To recite. 

  • To pronounce. 

  • To try; to assay. 

  • To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker. 

  • To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. 

intj
  • Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion 

whatever

adv
  • In what way; to what extent. 

  • At all; in any way; whatsoever. 

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. 

adj
  • Unexceptional or unimportant; blah. 

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. 

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. 

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

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