different between afterwards vs sithence

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). Surface analysis is after +? -wards.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ft?.w?dz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æf.t?.w?dz/
• Hyphenation: af?ter?wards
• Homophone: afterwords

Adverb

afterwards (not comparable)

1. (temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.

Synonyms

• afterhand, afterward; see also Thesaurus:subsequently

Antonyms

• beforehand

Related terms

• after

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• sithens

Etymology

From sithen +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ð?ns/, /s??ð?ns/

Adverb

sithence (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Thereupon; subsequently, afterwards.
2. (obsolete) Since.

Conjunction

sithence

1. (obsolete) From or since the time that.
2. (archaic) Seeing that, since.
   • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, pp.186-7:

     Sithence it must continue so short a time, and begun so late […], there was no time to be lost.

Synonyms

• (from or since the time that): sithen; see also Thesaurus:since
• (seeing that): given that, sith; see also Thesaurus:because

Preposition

sithence

1. (obsolete) Since.

Anagrams

• Steichen, snitchee