The difference between Ensue and Follow
When used as verbs, ensue means to follow (a leader, inclination etc.), whereas follow means to go after.
Follow is also noun with the meaning: in billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
check bellow for the other definitions of Ensue and Follow
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Ensue as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).
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Ensue as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To follow (in time), to be subsequent to.
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Ensue as a verb (intransitive):
To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.
Examples:
"Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
Examples:
"'Follow that car!"
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To go or come after in a sequence.
Examples:
"B follows A in the alphabet."
"We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
Examples:
"'Follow these instructions to the letter."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To understand, to pay attention to.
Examples:
"Do you follow me?"
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
Examples:
"I followed the incumbent throughout the election."
"My friends don't regularly follow the news."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To be a logical consequence of.
Examples:
"It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
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Follow as a noun (sometimes, attributive):
In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
Examples:
"a follow shot"
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Follow as a noun (internet):
The act of following another user's online activity.