Next vs. Follow: What's the Difference?

Nearest in space or position; adjacent

To come or go after; proceed behind

Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence

To go after in pursuit

In the time, order, or place nearest or immediately following

To keep under surveillance

On the first subsequent occasion

To move along the course of; take

The next person or thing

To move in the direction of; be guided by

In place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.

To lie in the same path as

(obsolete) Most direct, or shortest or nearest in distance or time.

To be parallel to

Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.

To accept the guidance, command, or leadership of

Nearest in relationship. next of kin.}}

To adhere to; practice

Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one.

To take as a model or precedent; imitate

(of days of the week or months of the year) Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future.

To act in agreement or compliance with; obey

In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following.

To keep to or stick to

(conjunctive) So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned.

To engage in (a trade or occupation); work at.

On the first subsequent occasion.

To come after in order, time, or position

On the side of; nearest or adjacent to; next to.

To bring something about at a later time than or as a consequence of

The one that follows after this one.

To occur or be evident as a consequence of

Nearest in place; having no similar object intervening.

To watch or observe closely

Nearest in time; as, the next day or hour.

To be attentive to; pay close heed to

Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.

To keep oneself informed of the course, progress, or fortunes of

Nearest in degree, quality, rank, right, or relation; as, the next heir was an infant.

To grasp the meaning or logic of; understand

In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding; as, this man follows next.

To come, move, or take place after another person or thing in order or time.

Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space;

To occur or be evident as a consequence; result

(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving;

To grasp the meaning or reasoning of something; understand.

Immediately following in time or order;

(Games) A billiards shot in which the cue ball is struck above center so that it follows the path of the object ball after impact.

At the time or occasion immediately following;

(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.

(ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

(transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).

(transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).

(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

(transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

(ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.

(transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

(social media) The act of following another user's online activity.

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

To copy after; to take as an example.

To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.

To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

To go or come after; - used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.

The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot.

To travel behind, go after, come after;

Be later in time;

Come as a logical consequence; follow logically;

Travel along a certain course;

Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;

Come after in time, as a result;

Behave in accordance or in agreement with;

Be next;

Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

To bring something about at a later time than;

Imitate in behavior; take as a model;

Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Follow with the eyes or the mind;

Be the successor (of);

Perform an accompaniment to;

Keep informed;

To be the product or result;

Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of;

Adhere to or practice;

Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function;

Keep under surveillance;

Follow in or as if in pursuit;

Grasp the meaning;

Keep to;