Consequent vs. Subsequent

Consequent vs. Subsequent — Is There a Difference?
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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;

subsequent developments
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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