Subsequently vs Consequently - What's the difference?
subsequently | consequently |
Following, afterwards in either time or place.
Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction).
(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something.
* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
(sequence, obsolete) subsequently, following after in time or sequence.
As adverbs the difference between subsequently and consequently
is that subsequently is following, afterwards in either time or place while consequently is as a result or consequence of something.subsequently
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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. […]”}}
consequently
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Adverb
(-)- He didn't wake up early. Consequently , he was late to work.
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- He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.