Afterwards vs Future - What's the difference?
afterwards | future |
(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.}} The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
Goodness in what is yet to come/Something to look forward to.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
(finance) A standardized, tradable agreement between two parties that one will sell and the other will buy a specific commodity at a specific later date and a specific price.
Having to do with or occurring in the future.
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*:So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
As an adverb afterwards
is (temporal location) at a later or succeeding time.As a noun future is
the time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.As an adjective future is
having to do with or occurring in the future.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.}}
Synonyms
* afterwardAntonyms
* beforehandfuture
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(wikipedia future)Noun
Revenge of the nerds, passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future , however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}