Someone or somebody?

[Made2OrderJelly]

What is the difference and whe do you use one over the other?

or do they both mean the same?

good question!

Come on pedants

someone somebody someone somebody must know

Daytime bump

I suspect they're pretty much synonymous. Will go and check.

Don't see any difference in the OED, and they're both the same age, afaics - early C14th.

How odd, I was thinking about this today. It was In The Night Garden that made me think of it. I don't think I've ever used 'somebody'.

Actually, I've just read some more, and somebody has slightly broader meaning - you might say "she's a Somebody" as in a VIP - often sarcastically, but you wouldn't use someone for that.