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Eventually vs Suddenly - What's the difference?

eventually | suddenly |

As adverbs the difference between eventually and suddenly

is that eventually is in the end while suddenly is happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.

eventually

English

Adverb

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  • In the end.
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  • 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

    suddenly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
  • Suddenly , the heavens opened and we all got drenched.
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  • Synonyms

    * all of a sudden * without warning

    Antonyms

    * unsuddenly

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