Subsequently vs Simultaneously - What's the difference?
subsequently | simultaneously |
Following, afterwards in either time or place.
Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction).
Occurring at the same time.
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As adverbs the difference between subsequently and simultaneously
is that subsequently is following, afterwards in either time or place while simultaneously is occurring at the same time.subsequently
English
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. […]”}}
simultaneously
English
Adverb
(-)- The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli, passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}