What's the difference between former and then?

Former


Definition:

  • (n.) One who forms; a maker; a creator.
  • (n.) A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.
  • (n.) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped.
  • (n.) A cutting die.
  • (a.) Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
  • (a.) Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.
  • (a.) Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
  • (2) A former Berlusconi aide, Valter Lavitola, is also on trial for being the alleged intermediary in the bribe.
  • (3) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
  • (4) All former US presidents set up a library in their name to house their papers and honour their legacy.
  • (5) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
  • (6) The criticism over the downgrading of the leader of the Lords was led by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, a former Scotland secretary, who is a respected figure on the right.
  • (7) Former Regional director for Latin American Caribbean and Middle East, Save the Children.
  • (8) Even former Florida governor Jeb Bush, one of Trump’s chief critics, said ultimately, “anybody is better than Hillary Clinton”.
  • (9) Formerly, many patients in this category were considered either inoperable or candidates for total or partial nephrectomy.
  • (10) Uptake could be supported either by substrate oxidation or by adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), and was inhibited in the former case by antimycin or cyanide, in the latter case by oligomycin, and in both cases by 2,4-dinitrophenol.
  • (11) Former lawmaker and historian Faraj Najm said the ruling resets Libya “back to square one” and that the choice now faced by the Tobruk-based parliament is “between bad and worse”.
  • (12) Both former presidents Bush have said they will sit out the 2016 campaign, as has former presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
  • (13) Former detectives had dug out damning evidence of abuse, as well as testimony from officers recommending prosecution, sources said.
  • (14) Only IgG2a and IgG2b myeloma proteins bound readily to IC-21 Fc-receptors, the former in nonaggregated as well as aggregated form, the latter only as aggregated complexes.
  • (15) Transient intermediates were distinguished from dead-end metabolites by the rapid formation and disappearance of the former.
  • (16) The former Stoke City manager Pulis had reportedly been left frustrated by the club failing to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the Palace squad.
  • (17) Eighty people, including the outspoken journalist Pravit Rojanaphruk from the Nation newspaper and the former education minister Chaturon Chaisaeng, who was publicly arrested on Tuesday, remain in detention.
  • (18) US presidential election 2016: the state of the Republican race as the year begins Read more So far, the former secretary of state seems to be recovering well from self-inflicted wounds that dogged the start of her second, and most concerted, attempt for the White House.
  • (19) Two lunches are recoded with John Yates and Andy Hayman, the former assistant commissioners.
  • (20) Younge, a former head of US cable network the Travel Channel, succeeded Peter Salmon in the role last year.

Then


Definition:

  • (adv.) At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).
  • (adv.) Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
  • (adv.) At another time; later; again.
  • (conj.) Than.
  • (conj.) In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.

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