It's than. "Than" is used for making comparisons ("She read more often than him"), while "then" is used for describing sequences of events and timing ("Then, she went home").
Yes, whether you use after or then depends which sentence you put as the main clause, as far as I know. For example:
I listened to music, then I went home.
After listening to music I went home.
Both sentences tell the same story, just the emphasis feels slightly shifted (first sentence on the listening to music part, second sentence on the going home part). But they can basically be used interchangeably
Another well known use of then is, of course, in causal sentences: if x, then y; so it's not just temporal
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u/Feeling_Ad8096 Native Speaker Apr 22 '25
It's than. "Than" is used for making comparisons ("She read more often than him"), while "then" is used for describing sequences of events and timing ("Then, she went home").