They all need to make a negative sentence but I can't understand the
differences between them
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grammar word-choice
Difference between 決して~ない 絶対~ない 全く~ない 全然~ない
決して~ない and 絶対~ない talk about the confidence level (I am very confident that
there is no x). Whereas 全く~ない and 全然~ない talk about the degree (there is no
level of x).

Between 決して and 絶対, the latter is a bit colloquial. Otherwise there is little
difference. 決して might be used more frequently when addressing a suspicion.

Between 全く and 全然, the latter is again a bit colloquial but to a lesser degree
compared to 絶対~ない. Both mean very similar things and I'd be hard pressed to
come up with a difference.
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