then vs than
then
Definitions
adverb
- at that time
- subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
- in that case or as a consequence
adjective
- at a specific prior time
noun
- that time; that moment
Examples
The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war.
But then on the other hand, the whole cosmos or universe is based on this love or compassion.
Then there are the PIP implant problems that thousands of women have had to contend with.