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Hereafter vs Herebefore - What's the difference?

hereafter | herebefore |

As adverbs the difference between hereafter and herebefore

is that hereafter is in time to come; in some future time or state while herebefore is (archaic) before now.

As a noun hereafter

is a future existence or state.

hereafter

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In time to come; in some future time or state.
  • * Dryden:
    • Hereafter he from war shall come.
  • From now on

    • See also

    *

    Noun

  • A future existence or state.
  • Existence after death.
  • * Addison:
    • 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter .

    Synonyms

    * afterlife

    Derived terms

    * sweet hereafter

    herebefore

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) before now
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=James Joyce, title=Ulysses, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=They all admired to see the foresaid riches in such dearth of money as was herebefore . }}