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Thereafter vs Thereabout - What's the difference?

thereafter | thereabout |

As adverbs the difference between thereafter and thereabout

is that thereafter is after that, from then on while thereabout is near that place, time or date.

thereafter

English

Adverb

(-)
  • After that, from then on.
    • He left; thereafter we never met again.
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
    • "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 adverbs

    thereabout

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • near that place, time or date
    • Dinner will be ready at 6:30 or thereabout .
  • approximately that number
    • The speed of light is 185,000 miles per hour, right? - Yes, thereabout .
  • (obsolete) concerning that; about that
    • What will ye dine? I will go thereabout . — Chaucer.
    They were much perplexed thereabout . — Luke xxiv. 4.

    Synonyms

    * thereabouts

    Derived terms

    * thereabouts

    See also

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    Anagrams

    * English pronominal adverbs