Terms vs Afterbear - What's the difference?
terms | afterbear |
A descendant; one who comes after another genealogically.
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As nouns the difference between terms and afterbear
is that terms is while afterbear is a descendant; one who comes after another genealogically.afterbear
English
Noun
(en noun)- The first page of the Family Bible amplified and brought up to this irreverent date; sentimental, practical, witty, even scientific — yes, even psychological; a book for those who care about their forebears and their afterbears .
- A teapot moulded in the form of Madonna, tastefully hand-coloured, named md dated (doubtless a century from now to be deemed to be some sort of religious vessel)? What else might we expect our afterbears to love and cherish in times to come?
- Of the two lakes, the upper is the flood risk, the lower alder-overgrown, heterodox, once a clear expanse for winter village kids to frisk about, skating, sliding: the afterbears of silk throwsters.
- And so, like all its forebears and afterbears , like everything but his present bear, the photo-exposé idea curled up and croaked.
