than vs then

Definitions

adverb

1. at that time
2. subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
3. in that case or as a consequence

adjective

1. at a specific prior time

noun

1. that time; that moment

Examples

Divide half the mixture between 4 glass bowls, then sprinkle with a few fresh raspberries and a bit more crushed honeycomb.

In her house apron and with her hair a little ruffled she looked younger, startled and then angry.

Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees.

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