Aftershock vs Aftermath - What's the difference?
aftershock | aftermath |
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
(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.
As nouns the difference between aftershock and aftermath
is that aftershock is an earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock") while aftermath is (obsolete|or farmers' jargon) a second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.aftershock
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(wikipedia aftershock) (en noun)aftermath
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(en noun)- In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.