Ensue vs Supervene - What's the difference?
ensue | supervene |
(obsolete) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
* 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.ii:
* Golding
*1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.11:
*:Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation!
to follow something closely, either as a consequence or in contrast
to supersede
to be dependent on an earlier event
(philosophy) to be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.
As verbs the difference between ensue and supervene
is that ensue is (obsolete|transitive) to follow (a leader, inclination etc) while supervene is to follow something closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.ensue
English
Verb
(ensu)- to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew , / Seeking aduentures [...].
- To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.
- Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue .
