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Hereafter vs Subsequently - What's the difference?

hereafter | subsequently |

As adverbs the difference between hereafter and subsequently

is that hereafter is in time to come; in some future time or state while subsequently is following, afterwards in either time or place.

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

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    Noun

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

    Synonyms

    * afterlife

    Derived terms

    * sweet hereafter

    subsequently

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Following, afterwards in either time or place.
  • Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction).

    • Usage notes

    Although subsequently may imply a cause and effect relationship, it may also be used when no cause is implied.

    Quotations

    * 1832 — , volume II, chapter 7 *: It will be recollected that the ill-fated Halloway...distinctly stated the voice of the individual who had approached his post...to have been that of a female, and that the language in which they subsequently conversed was that of the Ottawa Indians. * {{quote-book, year=1905, author= , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}

    Related terms

    * subsequence * subsequent * subsequential