Hereafter and Later

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Hereafter adverb - From this point on.

Usage example: he is giving up all his worldly goods and hereafter will devote his life to the poor

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Later and hereafter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Later" instead an adverb "Hereafter".

Later adverb - Following in time or place.

Usage example: we're going to go to the mall later on

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Hereafter and later are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hereafter" instead an adverb "Later".

Later, Dick's wife Lacey joined him in the hereafter.

Source: Comic Strip / Doonesbury

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