2021-02-06
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด S – subsequent-consequent
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง subsequent = ‘SUHB-si-kwuhnt’
ออกเสียง consequent = ‘KON-si-kwuhnt’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Subsequent vs. Consequent
The English language has many ways
to indicate that something has come after another thing,
but a number of these words have subtle differences
that you may want to observe.
Something is subsequent
if it follows something else in time, order, or place.
Its meaning is very similar to that of following or later,
but it has a more formal tone to it
and may imply that something not only follows
but in some way grows out of or is otherwise closely connected with
what precedes it (“their courtship and subsequent marriage”).
Consequent may also be used of something that follows,
but that does so explicitly as a result of something else
(“I said an insensitive thing and the consequent argument lasted for days”).
There may be occasions
when either subsequent or consequent would work
("her wounding and subsequent [or consequent] loss of blood");
your choice in such cases would depend upon
whether you want to stress the order of events
or the causal relationship between one event and another.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
Subsequent & consequent
These words are easily confused.
Subsequent means “succeeding,”
“following in order or time”:
“Subsequent to his release from prison, he got back his old job.”
Each of the following constructions indicates “later”:
“subsequent events,”
“a talk held subsequent to the party,”
“a talk held subsequently.”
Consequent means “following as a natural result, effect, or conclusion”:
“Reckless driving was a charge, and consequent investigation caused him lose his license.”
A consequent occurrence is always a subsequenthappening,
but a subsequent event is not necessarily consequent.
