Subsequently vs Supervenient - What's the difference?
subsequently | supervenient |
Following, afterwards in either time or place.
Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction).
(logic, philosophy, of a set of properties) In a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present set
Supervening; occurring subsequently; coming after something, especially when not causally connected.
As an adverb subsequently
is following, afterwards in either time or place.As an adjective supervenient is
(logic|philosophy|of a set of properties) in a relationship with another set such that membership in the other set implies membership in the present set.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. […]”}}
supervenient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- If mental properties are supervenient on physical properties, people with identical bodies will also have identical minds.