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I've seen these words used in the following sentences:

以後: それ以後彼女に会っていません
以降: それ以降彼は辛い一生を送った

Judging from these examples alone, I guess they have some kind of overlap.

When is it appropriate to use one over the other?

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  • 以降：「以後」の意の漢語的表現。(明鏡国語辞典) /// 「以降」は、「以後」と同じ意味だが、「昭和30年以降」「終戦以降」などのように、比較的長い時間の経過に用いられる。(学究国語大辞典) <- tendencies, not fixed rules
    – blutorange
    Aug 24, 2013 at 17:24
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    Aug 28, 2013 at 1:20

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I tend to think of 以後 as meaning one or more specific points after whereas 以降 means most of/the whole time after. But I'm not positive that they don't overlap at all.

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