each vs every
Definitions
adverb
- to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)
adjective
- (used of count nouns) every one considered individually
Examples
The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
The Plover is to be communicated with each year by a man-of-war — the Amphitrite is the next.
Apart from any other objection, a different classification would be reached if the characters were used in a different sequence.
Definitions
adjective
- each and all of a series of entities or intervals as specified
- (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception
Examples
I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.
Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails.
Academic excellence was matched with extra-curricular activities of every description - from drama through sport to foreign travel.
