Afterwards vs Recently - What's the difference?
afterwards | recently |
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
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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.}} In the recent past; newly; lately; freshly; not long since.
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As adverbs the difference between afterwards and recently
is that afterwards is at a later or succeeding time while recently is in the recent past; newly; lately; freshly; not long since.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
* beforehandrecently
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}