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Then vs Whereupon - What's the difference?

then | whereupon |

As conjunctions the difference between then and whereupon

is that then is while whereupon is after which, in consequence.

As an adverb then

is (label) at that time.

As an adjective then

is being so at that time.

As a noun then

is that time.

then

English

Adverb

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  • (label) At that time.
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  • *Bible, (w) xii. 6
  • *:And the Canaanite was then in the land.
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.}}
  • (label) Soon afterward.
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  • *Bible, (w) v. 24
  • *:First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
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  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then' there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and ' then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}
  • (label) Next in order; in addition.
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then , without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
  • (label) In that case.
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  • (label) At the same time; on the other hand.
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  • (label) At the time that; when.
  • *1485 , Sir (Thomas Malory), (w, Le Morte d'Arthur)'', Book I.23, reprinted 1817, Sir Thomas Malory, (William Caxton), ''Morte d'Arthur: The Byrth, Lyf, and Actes of Kyng Arthur , Volume 1, page 37:
  • *:Than the knyght sawe hym lye soo on the ground, he alyght and was passynge heuy, for he wende he had slayne hym.
  • Used to contradict an assertion.
  • *2001 , (Eric Malpass), At the Height of the Moon , page 28,
  • *:‘She says Indian elephants are tidgy little things.’ ¶ ‘They?re not then .’ Emma was getting heated. ‘They?re –’ ¶ ‘Emma!’ said Jenny sharply. The child subsided.
  • Synonyms

    * (soon afterward) and then, and so, subsequently, so * (next in order) and then

    Adjective

    (-)
  • being so at that time
  • See also

    * by then * just then * now and then * there and then * until then

    Noun

    (head)
  • That time
  • It will be finished before then .

    Conjunction

    (head)
  • Statistics

    *

    Anagrams

    *

    whereupon

    English

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • After which, in consequence.
  • The network went down, whereupon I made a cup of tea
  • Upon which.
  • the wet cliff whereupon he stood
  • * 1835 , John Nichols, The Gentleman's Magazine , volume 158, page 495:
  • My tender wife and children standing by, / Dewing the death-bed whereupon I lie.
  • * 1846 , John Clarke Crosthwaite, Alexander Watson, Practical sermons, by dignitaries and other clergymen , page 270:
  • You see that the Apostle speaks as one who had distinct and certain knowledge of the grounds whereupon he was standing.
  • * 1880 , Cassell's family magazine , page 262:
  • Gradually, however, the white clouds resolved themselves into the snowy linen and coverlets of a bed whereupon he was lying, whilst the crimson light proved to be the effect of a blazing fire, [...]
  • * 1889 , Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly , volume 27, page 78:
  • He sprung from his bed, whereupon one of them had fired. He pursued them as they retreated, and they fled out of the house by the back door. Thereupon he returned to the bed, saw that his wife had been shot, and roused the servants [...]
  • * 1907 , Francis Bazley Lee, Genealogical and personal memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey , volume 2, page 530:
  • [...] could take no rest except such as he obtained by supporting himself on his knees and elbows, being unable to suffer any part of his body to touch the bed whereupon he lay.

    Synonyms

    * (in consequence of which) whereat

    See also

    * thereabout, thereafter, thereagainst, thereat, thereby, therefor, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinafter, thereof, thereon, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal * hereabout, hereafter, hereat, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereunder, hereupon, herewith * whereabouts, whereas, whereafter, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal English pronominal adverbs