Subsequent vs. Sequence — What's the Difference?

Following in time or order; succeeding.

In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called elements, or terms).

Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.

A particular order in which related things follow each other

Following in order of place; succeeding.

A set of related events, movements, or items that follow each other in a particular order

Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.

A part of a film dealing with one particular event or topic

(geology) A subsequent stream or faultline.

(in the Eucharist) a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.

Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.

Arrange in a particular order

Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty.

Play or record (music) with a sequencer.

Following in time or order;

A following of one thing after another; succession.

An order of succession; an arrangement.

A related or continuous series.

(Games) Three or more playing cards in consecutive order and usually the same suit; a run.

A series of related shots that constitute a complete unit of action in a movie.

(Music) A melodic or harmonic pattern successively repeated at different pitches with or without a key change.

Roman Catholic Church A hymn sung between the gradual and the Gospel.

(Mathematics) An ordered set of quantities, as x, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4.

(Biochemistry) The order of constituents in a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.

To organize or arrange in a sequence.

To determine the order of constituents in (a polymer, such as a nucleic acid or protein molecule).

A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series

(uncountable) The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.

A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).

A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.

(mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.

A subsequent event; a consequence or result.

A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.

(card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.

(transitive) to arrange in an order

To determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid

(transitive) to produce (music) with a sequencer

The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.

Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences.

Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.

A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.

Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.

The specific order of any linear arrangement of items; as, the sequence of amino acid residues in a protein; the sequence of instructions in a computer program; the sequence of acts in a variety show.

To determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a DNA fragment.

Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern;

A following of one thing after another in time;

Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

The action of following in order;

Several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

Arrange in a sequence

Determine the order of constituents in;