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Immediately vs Clearly - What's the difference?

immediately | clearly |

As adverbs the difference between immediately and clearly

is that immediately is in an immediate manner; instantly or without delay while clearly is in a clear manner.

As a conjunction immediately

is Indicates that the dependent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the independent clause's referent does.

immediately

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
  • I hope we can begin immediately .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Spain failed to move through the gears despite exerting control for lengthy spells and a measure of perspective must be applied immediately to the outcome.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • Synonyms

    * as soon as * directly after, after, right after, etc.

    clearly

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • (manner) In a clear manner.
  • He enunciated every syllable clearly .''
  • (modal) Without a doubt; obviously.
  • Clearly , the judge erred in his opinion.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=David Ornstein , title=Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}
  • (degree) To a degree clearly discernible.
  • He was clearly wrong on all points but one.