Afterwards vs. Thereafter — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Afterwards and Thereafter
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Afterwards
At a later time; subsequently.
Thereafter
From a specified time onward; from then on.
Afterwards
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
Thereafter
After that, from then on; thenceforth.
He left; thereafter we never met again.
Afterwards
At a later or succeeding time.
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Thereafter
After that; afterward.
Afterwards
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
Thereafter
According to that; accordingly.
I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
Thereafter
Of that sort.
Thereafter
From that time on;
Thereafter he never called again
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