Aforementioned vs This - What's the difference?
aforementioned | this |
Previously mentioned.
* The PA system broadcast a long list of names in the morning, but it wasn't until later that they requested the aforementioned students report to the health clinic.
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
* The judge read a list of prisoners' names. She then indicated that the aforementioned were to be set free.
The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a ... ".
(Of a unit of time) which is .
To the degree or extent indicated.
The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
(philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
* 2001 , James G. Lennox, Aristotle's Philosophy of Biology (page 151)
(Internet slang)
As nouns the difference between aforementioned and this
is that aforementioned is the one or ones mentioned previously while this is something being indicated that is here; one of these.As an adjective aforementioned
is previously mentioned.As a determiner this is
the (thing) here used in indicating something or someone nearby.As an adverb this is
to the degree or extent indicated.As a pronoun this is
the thing, item, etc. being indicated.As an interjection this is
Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.aforementioned
English
Adjective
(-)Usage notes
When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the'', and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. It can also occur before a cardinal as in ''the aforementioned two papers'' instead of ''the two aforementioned papers, though the latter is also acceptable.Synonyms
* abovementioned * aforesaid * mentionedAntonyms
* following * undermentionedNoun
(-)Synonyms
* abovementioned * aforesaid * mentionedAntonyms
* following * undermentionedthis
English
(wikipedia this)Determiner
Derived terms
* thisness *Adverb
(-)- I need this much water.
- We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
Pronoun
(en-pron)- This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars'' — Shakespeare, ''King Lear ,
Act 1. Scene 2.
Noun
(es)- Terms like 'house', 'sphere', 'animal', and 'human' do not refer to other thises distinct from these ones here — they refer to the sort of thing these ones here are.