Apparently vs Subsequently - What's the difference?
apparently | subsequently |
Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
* (rfdate) ,
Seemingly; in appearance only.
According to what the speaker has read or been told.
* 2006 , Lois Lewandowski, The Fatal Heir: A Gillian Jones Mystery , iUniverse, 978-0-595-39843-0,
Following, afterwards in either time or place.
Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction).
As adverbs the difference between apparently and subsequently
is that apparently is plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently while subsequently is following, afterwards in either time or place.apparently
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- If he should scorn me so apparently .
- A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
- Apparently you are quite a good dancer.
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Synonyms
* (in a way that is manifest) obviously, plainly, clearly, evidently * (in appearance only) ostensibly, seemingly * (according to what one has heard) allegedlysubsequently
English
Adverb
(-)Usage notes
Although subsequently may imply a cause and effect relationship, it may also be used when no cause is implied.Quotations
* 1832 — , volume II, chapter 7 *: It will be recollected that the ill-fated Halloway...distinctly stated the voice of the individual who had approached his post...to have been that of a female, and that the language in which they subsequently conversed was that of the Ottawa Indians. * {{quote-book, year=1905, author= , title= , chapter=1citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
