Weather vs. Whether

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Understanding the difference between commonly confused words will help you avoid making errors in English usage. Let’s examine the difference between the following:

weather

Weather refers to short-term meteorological conditions such as air temperature, humidity, or the amount of wind, rain, or sun. As a verb, weather means to endure or withstand something, or to age or erode the appearance of something.

Looks like the weather will be too stormy for a picnic this afternoon.

Our company has the ability to weather the current economic crisis.
The weather is beautiful today.

whether

Whether is a conjunction expressing an inquiry, doubt, a choice between alternatives, or that something applies regardless of the conditions. Its meaning is similar in some senses to if.

Let’s check the weather forecast to see whether it will rain today.

I’m going to the park whether it rains or not.
Choose whether to go to the right or left.

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