Hereafter vs Hence - What's the difference?
hereafter | hence |
In time to come; in some future time or state.
* Dryden:
From now on
A future existence or state.
Existence after death.
* Addison:
(archaic) from here, from this place, away
* c.1599-1601 , , Act 4, Scene 1,
* 1849 , ,
(archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world
(archaic, of a length of time) in the future from now
(conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason
* 1910 , , Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8,
* 1910 , [1513], , Chapter VI,
* 1731 May 27, ,
(temporal location) from this time, from now
(obsolete) To send away.
As adverbs the difference between hereafter and hence
is that hereafter is in time to come; in some future time or state while hence is (archaic) from here, from this place, away.As a noun hereafter
is a future existence or state.As a verb hence is
(obsolete) to send away.hereafter
English
Adverb
(-)- Hereafter he from war shall come.
See also
*Noun
- 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter .
Synonyms
* afterlifeDerived terms
* sweet hereafterhence
English
Adverb
(-)- I'm going hence , because you have insulted me.
- Get thee hence , Satan!
- O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence :
- Ye men of Galilee! / Why stand ye looking up to heaven, where Him ye ne’er may see, / Neither ascending hence , nor returning hither again?
- ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence .
- ''A year hence it will be forgotten.
- ''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
- ''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
- Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
- Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
- That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;
- ''The plane will leave two months hence .
Synonyms
* consequentlyDerived terms
* henceforth * henceforwardVerb
(henc)- (Sir Philip Sidney)