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Ensue vs Aftermath - What's the difference?

ensue | aftermath |

As a verb ensue

is (obsolete|transitive) to follow (a leader, inclination etc).

As a noun aftermath is

(obsolete|or farmers' jargon) a second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.

ensue

English

Verb

(ensu)
  • (obsolete) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
  • * 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.ii:
    • to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew , / Seeking aduentures [...].
  • * Golding
    • To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.11:
  • *:Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation!
    • Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue .

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    aftermath

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
  • That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
    • In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.

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