future vs next

future

noun
  • Something that will happen in moments yet to come. 

  • An object that retrieves the value of a promise. 

  • A minor-league prospect. 

  • The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced. 

  • The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come. 

  • Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense. 

  • Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to. 

adj
  • Having to do with or occurring in the future. 

next

noun
  • The one that follows after this one. 

adv
  • In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following. 

  • On the first subsequent occasion. 

  • So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned. 

det
  • Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future. 

  • Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one. 

adj
  • Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order. 

  • Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining. 

  • Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.) 

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