immediately vs shortly

immediately

adv
  • In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay. 

conj
  • directly (as soon as), instantly, the moment that. Indicates that the independent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the dependent clause's referent does. 

shortly

adv
  • In a short or brief time or manner; quickly. 

  • In few words 

  • In or after a short time; soon. 

  • In an irritable ("short") manner. 

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