Immediately vs Recently - What's the difference?
immediately | recently |
In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 12
, author=
, title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain
, work=BBC Sport
In the recent past; newly; lately; freshly; not long since.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=
, volume=189, issue=2, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title=
As adverbs the difference between immediately and recently
is that immediately is in an immediate manner; instantly or without delay while recently is in the recent past; newly; lately; freshly; not long since.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
(-)- I hope we can begin immediately .
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 alsoSynonyms
* as soon as * directly after, after, right after, etc.recently
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
