Consequent vs. Subsequent
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Difference Between Consequent and Subsequent
Consequentadjective
Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.
His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more.Subsequentadjective
Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.Consequentadjective
Of or pertaining to consequences.
Subsequentadjective
Following in order of place; succeeding.
Consequentnoun
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."
Subsequentadjective
following in time or order;
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Consequentnoun
An event which follows another.
Consequentnoun
(math) The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent.
Consequentadjective
following as an effect or result;
the period of tension and consequent need for military preparednessthe ensuant response to his appealthe resultant savings were considerablethe health of the plants and the resulting flowers
