After vs. Post — What's the Difference?
Difference Between After and Post
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Definitions
After➦
In the time following (an event or another period of time)
After a while he returned
He'd gone out with his secretary for an after-work drink
Shortly after their marriage they moved to Colorado
Post➦
A long, sturdy piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker
Follow the blue posts until the track meets a road
After➦
Behind
She went out, shutting the door after her
Post➦
A piece of writing, image, or other item of content published online, typically on a blog or social media website or application
In a recent post, he cautioned investors to be wary of these predictions
After➦
In pursuit or quest of
Chasing after something you can't have
Post➦
The official service or system that delivers letters and parcels
The tickets are in the post
Winners will be notified by post
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After➦
Next to and following in order or importance
In their order of priorities health comes after housing
Post➦
Each of a series of couriers who carried mail on horseback between fixed stages.
After➦
In allusion to (someone or something with the same or a related name)
They named her Pauline, after Barbara's mother
Post➦
A position of paid employment; a job
He resigned from the post of Foreign Minister
A teaching post
After➦
During the period of time following (an event)
Duke Frederick died soon after
Bath time ended in a flood after the taps were left running
Post➦
A place where someone is on duty or where a particular activity is carried out
A customs post
A shift worker asleep at his post
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After➦
During the period of time following (an event)
Duke Frederick died soon after
Bath time ended in a flood after the taps were left running
Post➦
The status or rank of full-grade captain in the Royal Navy
Captain Miller was made post in 1796
After➦
Later
He was sorry in after years
Post➦
Display (a notice) in a public place
A curt notice had been posted on the door
After➦
Nearer the stern of a ship
The after cabin
Post➦
Announce or publish (something, especially a financial result)
The company posted a £460,000 loss
After➦
Behind in place or order
Z comes after Y in the alphabet.
Post➦
(of a player or team) achieve or record (a particular score or result)
Smith and Lamb posted a century partnership
After➦
Next to or lower than in order or importance.
Post➦
Send (a letter or parcel) via the postal system
Post off your order form today
I've just been to post a letter
After➦
In quest or pursuit of
Seek after fame.
Go after big money.
Post➦
(in bookkeeping) enter (an item) in a ledger
Post the transaction in the second column
Initial records kept in day books are periodically posted to accounts
After➦
Concerning
Asked after you.
Post➦
Travel with relays of horses
We posted in an open carriage
After➦
Subsequent in time to; at a later time than
Come after dinner.
Post➦
Send (someone) to a place to take up an appointment
He was posted to Washington as military attaché
After➦
Subsequent to and because of or regardless of
They are still friends after all their differences.
Post➦
With haste
Come now, come post
After➦
Following continually
Year after year.
Post➦
Subsequent to; after
American poetry post the 1950s hasn't had the same impact
After➦
In the style of or in imitation of
Satires after Horace.
Post➦
A long piece of wood or other material set upright into the ground to serve as a marker or support.
After➦
With the same or close to the same name as; in honor or commemoration of
Named after her mother.
Post➦
A support for a beam in the framework of a building.
After➦
According to the nature or desires of; in conformity to
A tenor after my own heart.
Post➦
A terminal of a battery.
After➦
Past the hour of
Five minutes after three.
Post➦
(Sports) A goal post.
After➦
(Irish) Used with a present participle to indicate action that has just been completed
"Sure I'm after seeing him not five minutes ago" (James Joyce).
Post➦
The starting point at a racetrack.
After➦
Behind; in the rear.
Post➦
The slender barlike part of a stud earring that passes through the ear and is secured at the back with a small cap or clip.
After➦
At a later or subsequent time; afterward
Three hours after.
Departed shortly after.
Post➦
An electronic message sent to and displayed on an online forum
Ignored several inflammatory posts.
After➦
Subsequent in time or place; later; following
In after years.
Post➦
A military base.
After➦
Located near the stern of a vessel or the rear or an aircraft or spacecraft.
Post➦
The grounds and buildings of a military base.
After➦
Following or subsequent to the time that
I saw them after I arrived.
Post➦
A local organization of military veterans.
After➦
Afternoon.
Post➦
Either of two bugle calls in the British Army, sounded in the evening as a signal to retire to quarters.
After➦
Afters Chiefly British Dessert.
Post➦
An assigned position or station, as of a guard or sentry.
After➦
Behind; later in time; following.
I left the room, and the dog bounded after.
They lived happily ever after.
I might come next month, or the month after.
Post➦
(Basketball) A position usually taken by the center close to the basket or below the foul line, serving as the focus of the team's offense.
After➦
Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
We had a few beers after the game.
The time is quarter after eight.
The Cold War began shortly after WWII.
After you with the salt/paper.
I told her to shut the door after her.
Post➦
A position of employment, especially an appointed public office.
After➦
Behind.
He will leave a trail of destruction after him.
Post➦
A place to which someone is assigned for duty.
After➦
In pursuit of, seeking.
He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health.
Post➦
A trading post.
After➦
In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
We named him after his grandfather; a painting after Leonardo da Vinci.
Post➦
A postal system.
After➦
Next in importance or rank.
The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince.
Post➦
A post office.
After➦
As a result of.
After your bad behaviour, you will be punished.
Post➦
A delivery or amount of mail
Waiting for the morning's post to arrive.
After➦
In spite of.
After all that has happened, he is still my friend.
I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
Post➦
One of a series of relay stations along a fixed route, furnishing fresh riders and horses for the delivery of mail on horseback.
After➦
Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door.
Post➦
A rider on such a mail route; a courier.
After➦
(dated) According to an author or text.
Post➦
To display (an announcement) in a place of public view.
After➦
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
To look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness
Post➦
To cover (a wall, for example) with posters.
After➦
(obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
Post➦
To announce by or as if by posters
Post banns.
After➦
Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
I went home after we had decided to call it a day.
Post➦
(Computers) To make (an electronic message) available by sending it to an online forum
Posted a response to a question about car engines.
After➦
(dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
Post➦
To put up signs on (property) warning against trespassing.
After➦
At or towards the stern of a ship.
The after gun is mounted aft.
The after gun is abaft the forward gun.
Post➦
To denounce publicly
Post a man as a thief.
After➦
Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
Post➦
To publish (a name) on a list.
After➦
Hinder; nearer the rear.
Post➦
(Games) To gain (points or a point) in a game or contest; score.
After➦
Behind in place; as, men in line one after another.
Post➦
To assign to a specific position or station
Post a sentry at the gate.
After➦
Below in rank; next to in order.
Codrus after Ph bus sings the best.
Post➦
To appoint to a naval or military command.
After➦
Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.
After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
Post➦
To put forward; present
Post bail.
After➦
Subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, I shall be careful.
Post➦
Chiefly British To mail (a letter or package).
After➦
Subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.
Post➦
(Archaic) To send by mail in a system of relays on horseback.
After➦
Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.
Ye shall not go after other gods.
After whom is the king of Israel come out?
Post➦
To inform of the latest news
Keep us posted.
After➦
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.
Post➦
To transfer (an item) to a ledger in bookkeeping.
After➦
In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.
Our eldest son was named George after his uncle.
Post➦
To make the necessary entries in (a ledger).
After➦
According to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.
He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes.
They that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh.
Post➦
(Computers) To enter (a unit of information) on a record or into a section of storage.
After➦
According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
He takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value.
Post➦
To travel in stages or relays.
After➦
Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
It was about the space of three hours after.
Post➦
To travel with speed or in haste.
After➦
Located farther aft
Post➦
To bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait.
After➦
Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time;
He apologized subsequently
He's going to the store but he'll be back here later
It didn't happen until afterward
Two hours after that
Post➦
With great speed; rapidly.
After➦
Behind or in the rear;
And Jill came tumbling after
Post➦
By post horse.
Post➦
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
Ram a post into the ground
Post➦
(construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
Post➦
A pole in a battery.
Post➦
(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
Post➦
A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
Post➦
A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
Post➦
(sports) A goalpost.
Post➦
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
Post➦
(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
Post➦
The vertical part of a crochet stitch.
Post➦
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
Post➦
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
A stage or railway post
Post➦
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
Post➦
Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
Post➦
An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
Sent via post; parcel post
Post➦
A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
Post➦
A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum, or on a blog, etc.
Post➦
(American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
Post➦
(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
Post➦
(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
Post➦
An assigned station; a guard post.
Post➦
An appointed position in an organization, job.
Post➦
Post-production.
We'll fix it in post
Post➦
A post mortem investigation of body's cause of death.
Post➦
(transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
Post no bills.
Post➦
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
To post someone for cowardice
Post➦
(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
Post➦
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
Post➦
To pay down (the stake).
Post➦
To pay (a blind).
Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
Post➦
To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
Post➦
To travel quickly; to hurry.
Post➦
To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
Post➦
(horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
Post➦
(Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
Post➦
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
Post➦
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
Post a sentinel in front of the door.
Post➦
With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.
Post➦
Sent via the postal service.
Post➦
After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
Post➦
Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
Post➦
A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the houses.
Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore,The gates of Azza, post and massy bar.
Unto his order he was a noble post.
Post➦
The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
When God sends coinI will discharge your post.
Post➦
The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
Post➦
A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.
In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.
I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,Receiving them from such a worthless post.
Post➦
An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported.
I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post.
Post➦
Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
Post➦
One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station.
He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.
Post➦
A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
The post of honor is a private station.
Post➦
A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper.
Post➦
To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills.
Post➦
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice.
On pain of being posted to your sorrowFail not, at four, to meet me.
Post➦
To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
Post➦
To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
Post➦
To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the ledger.
You have not posted your books these ten years.
Post➦
To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
Post➦
To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; - often with up.
Thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day.
Post➦
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
And post o'er land and ocean without rest.
Post➦
To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting.
Post➦
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
Post➦
The position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand;
A soldier manned the entrance post
A sentry station
Post➦
Military installation at which a body of troops is stationed;
This military post provides an important source of income for the town nearby
There is an officer's club on the post
Post➦
A job in an organization;
He occupied a post in the treasury
Post➦
An upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position;
He set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them
Post➦
United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight around the world (1899-1935)
Post➦
United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960)
Post➦
United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (1854-1914)
Post➦
Any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered;
Your mail is on the table
Is there any post for me?
She was opening her post
Post➦
A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track);
A pair of posts marked the goal
The corner of the lot was indicated by a stake
Post➦
The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office;
The mail handles billions of items every day
He works for the United States mail service
In England they call mail `the post'
Post➦
The delivery and collection of letters and packages;
It came by the first post
If you hurry you'll catch the post
Post➦
Affix in a public place or for public notice;
Post a warning
Post➦
Publicize with, or as if with, a poster;
I'll post the news on the bulletin board
Post➦
Assign to a post; put into a post;
The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu
Post➦
Assign to a station
Post➦
Display, as of records in sports games
Post➦
Enter on a public list
Post➦
Transfer (entries) from one account book to another
Post➦
Ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
Post➦
Mark with a stake;
Stake out the path
Post➦
Put up;
Post a sign
Post a warning at the dump
Post➦
Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;
Send me your latest results
I'll mail you the paper when it's written
Post➦
Mark or expose as infamous;
She was branded a loose woman
