Inevitably vs Eventually - What's the difference?
inevitably | eventually |
In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent.
As usual; predictably; as expected.
In the end.
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(mathematics, of a sequence) For some tail.
As adverbs the difference between inevitably and eventually
is that inevitably is in a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent while eventually is in the end.inevitably
English
Adverb
(-)- Inevitably , all creatures eventually die.
- The sun inevitably rises.
- Despite the town's best efforts, the dam inevitably gave way.
- The inevitably cold winter approaches.
- Inevitably , the next-door neighbour began to mow his lawn just as she lay down her head after a long night shift.
- The child inevitably began to cry when his mother went to work.
- The inevitably long line of customers queued for the latest 'Harry Potter'.
Synonyms
* (in a manner that this impossible to avoid) certainly, inexorably, unavoidably, necessarily * (as usual) always, predictably, regularlyAntonyms
* (in a manner that this impossible to avoid) evitably, avoidably, impossibly, incidentally * (as usual) unexpectedly, unusuallyeventually
English
Adverb
(-)- It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.