Meanwhile vs Thereafter - What's the difference?
meanwhile | thereafter |
During the time (that something is happening).
At the same time, but elsewhere.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 After that, from then on.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
As adverbs the difference between meanwhile and thereafter
is that meanwhile is during the time (that something is happening) while thereafter is after that, from then on.As a noun meanwhile
is the time between two events.meanwhile
English
Adverb
(-)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Synonyms
* (during the time) meanwhilst * (at the same time but elsewhere) in the meantime, meantime, meanwhilst, the whileQuotations
* 1955 March 1, Winston Churchill, From his last major speech in the House of Commons : *: The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile , never flinch, never weary, never despair.thereafter
English
Adverb
(-)- He left; thereafter we never met again.
- "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."