Following vs. Follow — What's the Difference?

Following is a 1998 independent neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. It tells the story of a young man who follows strangers around the streets of London and is drawn into a criminal underworld when he fails to keep his distance.

Go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind

Coming next in time or order

Come after in time or order

Now to be enumerated

Act according to (an instruction or precept)

Blowing in the same direction as the course of a ship or aircraft. Used of wind.

Pay close attention to

A group or gathering of admirers, adherents, or disciples

Practise (a trade or profession).

The item or items to be mentioned next

To come or go after; proceed behind

Subsequent to; after

To go after in pursuit

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

To keep under surveillance

About to be specified.

To move along the course of; take

(of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.

To move in the direction of; be guided by

After, subsequent to.

To lie in the same path as

A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.

To be parallel to

Vocation; business; profession.

To accept the guidance, command, or leadership of

(with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.

To adhere to; practice

Present participle of follow

To take as a model or precedent; imitate

One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.

To act in agreement or compliance with; obey

Vocation; business; profession.

To keep to or stick to

Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.

To engage in (a trade or occupation); work at.

In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.

To come after in order, time, or position

A group of followers or enthusiasts

To bring something about at a later time than or as a consequence of

The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture;

To occur or be evident as a consequence of

Going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction;

To watch or observe closely

In the desired direction;

To be attentive to; pay close heed to

Immediately following in time or order;

To keep oneself informed of the course, progress, or fortunes of

About to be mentioned or specified;

To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand

To come, move, or take place after another person or thing in order or time.

To occur or be evident as a consequence; result

To grasp the meaning or reasoning of something; understand.

(Games) A billiards shot in which the cue ball is struck above center so that it follows the path of the object ball after impact.

(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.

(ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

(transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).

(transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

(transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

(ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.

(transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

(social media) The act of following another user's online activity.

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

To copy after; to take as an example.

To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.

To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

To go or come after; - used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.

The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.

To travel behind, go after, come after;

Be later in time;

Come as a logical consequence; follow logically;

Travel along a certain course;

Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;

Come after in time, as a result;

Behave in accordance or in agreement with;

Be next;

Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

To bring something about at a later time than;

Imitate in behavior; take as a model;

Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Follow with the eyes or the mind;

Be the successor (of);

Perform an accompaniment to;

Keep informed;

To be the product or result;

Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of;

Adhere to or practice;

Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;

Keep under surveillance;

Follow in or as if in pursuit;

Grasp the meaning;

Keep to;