Aft vs Afterwards - What's the difference?
aft | afterwards |
(nautical) The stern portion of a vessel.
(nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=November 3
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham
, work=BBC Sport
Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards , first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.}}
As adverbs the difference between aft and afterwards
is that aft is at, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel) while afterwards is at a later or succeeding time.As a noun aft
is the stern portion of a vessel.aft
English
Noun
(-)Adverb
(further)Synonyms
* abaft, asternAntonyms
* fore, forwardSee also
* after, fore-and-aftAnagrams
* English three-letter words ----afterwards
English
Adverb
(-)citation, page= , passage=Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards , first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.}}
