Afterword vs. Afterward

Afterwordnoun

an epilogue.

Afterwordnoun

(of a letter) a postscript.

Afterwordnoun

(to a book) an appendix.

Afterwordnoun

a concluding section in a book.

Afterword

An afterword is a literary device that is often found at the end of a piece of literature. It generally covers the story of how the book came into being, or of how the idea for the book was developed.

Afterwardadverb

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Afterwardadverb

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time;

Afterward

is a short story by American writer Edith Wharton. It was first published in the 1910 edition of The Century Magazine.