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Could someone tell me the difference? I'm watching the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" today. I heard this phraze in the movie. "Charlie Bucket was the luckiest in the entire world." What is the difference between entire and whole? Could someone tell me the difference?

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Thank you so much everyone. I clearly understood. In this case, there is no big difference, but I feel using the word "entire" is a bit more intensive. :)
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Since Charlie Bucket is a person, so it is assumed that he is the luckiest person. This is okay in speech. "Whole" comes from "unhurt", and means a single object that has not been subdivided. "Entire" comes from "complete", and means no part has been left out. They are different when you are talking about collections of objects; the entire lot of cars, or the entire staff, since these are collections of distinct objects. You would say a whole loaf of bread or a whole person, since these are single objects not usually considered a collection of parts. The expression "whole life" considers one's life to be a single unit that has not been subdivided. An "entire life" means all the parts (years? experiences?) of a life. In this case either could be used.
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Benben is right, in this case, there's absolutely no difference. Btw, it looks like you've missed a word in that sentence. "Charlie Bucket was the luckiest ???? in the entire world."
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I guess, in this case, no big difference between them.

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