forever after vs later

forever after

adv

  • forever, from this point onward 

later

adv

  • At some unspecified time in the future. 

  • Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). 

adj

  • At some time in the future. 

  • Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase) 

  • Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). 

intj

  • See you later; goodbye. 

How often have the words forever after and later occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )