Afterthought vs. Thought — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Afterthought and Thought
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Definitions
Afterthought
An idea, response, or explanation that occurs to one after an event or decision.
Thought
Thought (or thinking) encompasses a flow of ideas and associations that can lead to logical conclusions. Although thinking is an activity of an existential value for humans, there is still no consensus as to how it is adequately defined or understood.
Afterthought
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
She packed her sandals only as an afterthought, but she was glad she did.
Thought
Past tense and past participle of think.
Afterthought
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
This whole remodeling was an afterthought; we were only going to paint and call it good.
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Thought
The process of thinking; cogitation
Sitting deep in thought at the computer.
Afterthought
To expound as an afterthought.
Thought
A product of thinking or other mental activity
What are your thoughts on this matter?.
Afterthought
Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought.
Thought
The faculty of thinking or reasoning
Why not use thought instead of emotion to solve the problem?.
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Afterthought
An action taken after another action and related to the first action, which would normally or optimally be done along with the first action; - as, to do something as an afterthought.
Thought
The intellectual activity or production of a particular time or group
Ancient Greek thought.
Deconstructionist thought.
Afterthought
A feature or part added to a device, not thought of in its original design.
Thought
Consideration; attention
Didn't give much thought to what she said.
Afterthought
Thinking again about a choice previously made;
He had second thoughts about his purchase
Thought
Intention; purpose
My thought is to live in a house on a lake.
Afterthought
An addition that was not included in the original plan;
The garage was an afterthought
Thought
Expectation or conception
She had no thought that anything was wrong.
Thought
(countable) Representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
Thought
(uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Thought
(uncountable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west.
Thought
Anxiety, distress.
Thought
(uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
After much thought, I have decided to stay.
Thought
A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
Thought
Simple past tense and past participle of think
Thought
The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation.
Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative.
Thought
Meditation; serious consideration.
Pride, of all others the most dangerous fault,Proceeds from want of sense or want of thought.
Thought
That which is thought; an idea; a mental conception, whether an opinion, judgment, fancy, purpose, or intention.
Thus Bethel spoke, who always speaks his thought.
Why do you keep alone, . . . Using those thoughts which should indeed have diedWith them they think on?
Thoughts come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject.
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Thought
Solicitude; anxious care; concern.
Hawis was put in trouble, and died with thought and anguish before his business came to an end.
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink.
Thought
A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better.
If the hair were a thought browner.
This [faculty], to which I gave the name of the "elaborative faculty," - the faculty of relations or comparison, - constitutes what is properly denominated thought.
Thought
The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about;
It was not a good idea
The thought never entered my mind
Thought
The process of thinking (especially thinking carefully);
Thinking always made him frown
She paused for thought
Thought
The organized beliefs of a period or group or individual;
19th century thought
Darwinian thought
Thought
A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty;
My opinion differs from yours
What are your thoughts on Haiti?
