in the future vs ultimately

in the future

prep
  • At a future time, at some point in the future. 

  • From now on. 

ultimately

adv
  • Indicating the most important action. 

  • Indicating the last item. 

  • Used to indicate the etymon at which a given etymological derivation terminates. 

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