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Furthermore vs Consequently - What's the difference?

furthermore | consequently |

As adverbs the difference between furthermore and consequently

is that furthermore is in addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information while consequently is (conjunctive) as a result or consequence of something.

furthermore

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore , this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}

    Synonyms

    * moreover * what is more

    consequently

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (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.