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Consequently vs Eventually - What's the difference?

consequently | eventually |

As adverbs the difference between consequently and eventually

is that consequently is as a result or consequence of something while eventually is in the end.

consequently

English

Adverb

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  • (conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something.
    • He didn't wake up early. Consequently , he was late to work.
  • * 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
    • He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.
  • (sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.

    • Related terms

    * consequence * consequent * consequential * consequentiality * consequentially * consequentialness * consequentious * consequentness

    References

    * * English conjunctive adverbs English sequence adverbs

    eventually

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In the end.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage ,
    • It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
  • (mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail.

    • Synonyms

    * at last * finally * yet * ultimately * in the end

    See also

    * frequently

    See also

    * sooner or later