Sequential vs Subsequently - What's the difference?
sequential | subsequently |
Succeeding or following in order.
Following, afterwards in either time or place.
Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction).
As an adjective sequential
is succeeding or following in order.As an adverb subsequently is
following, afterwards in either time or place.sequential
English
Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* non-sequentialDerived terms
* sequential algorithm * sequential continuity * sequential compactnesssubsequently
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Adverb
(-)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=1citation, 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. […]”}}