different between thereafter vs whereunder

English

Etymology

From Middle English therafter, theraftir, þerefter, þerafter, þeræfter, from Old English þ?ræfter (“after that; thereafter”), equivalent to there +? after. Cognate with Saterland Frisian deerätter (“thereafter”), West Frisian dêrefter (“behind that; thereafter”), Dutch daarachter (“behind that; thereafter”), German Low German daarachter (“behind that”), Danish derefter (“thereafter”), Swedish därefter (“thereafter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ðe???æf.t?(?)/, (trap-bath split) /?ðe?????f.t?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ð????æf.t?/

Adverb

thereafter (not comparable)

1. After that, from then on; thenceforth.

   He left; thereafter we never met again.

Coordinate terms

• afterward

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English

Etymology

where +? under

Adverb

whereunder (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Under which or what.
   • 1911, David Graham Phillips, The Conflict, ch. 8,

     The real bottom cause of the change was the "gentlemen's agreement" between the two party machines whereunder both entered the service of the same master.

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References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.