Thereafter vs Afterwards - What's the difference?
thereafter | afterwards |
After that, from then on.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=November 3
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham
, work=BBC Sport
Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards , first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.}}
As adverbs the difference between thereafter and afterwards
is that thereafter is after that, from then on while afterwards is at a later or succeeding time.thereafter
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Adverb
(-)- He left; thereafter we never met again.
- "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."
See also
* English pronominal adverbsafterwards
English
Adverb
(-)citation, page= , passage=Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards , first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.}}
