Antecedent vs. Conditional — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Antecedent and Conditional
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Antecedent
A thing that existed before or logically precedes another
Some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa's oral traditions
Conditional
Imposing, depending on, or containing a condition.
Antecedent
A person's ancestors or family and social background
Her early life and antecedents have been traced
Conditional
(Grammar) Stating, containing, or implying a condition.
Antecedent
An earlier word, phrase, or clause to which another word (especially a following relative pronoun) refers back.
ADVERTISEMENT
Conditional
(Psychology) Brought about by conditioning.
Antecedent
The statement contained in the ‘if’ clause of a conditional proposition.
Conditional
A mood, tense, clause, word, or morpheme expressing a condition. See Usage Note at if.
Antecedent
Preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing
Antecedent events
Conditional
Limited by a condition.
I made my son a conditional promise: I would buy him a bike if he kept his room tidy.
Antecedent
Denoting or counting as an antecedent.
Conditional
(logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
"A implies B" is a conditional statement.
Antecedent
Going before; preceding.
Conditional
(grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.
A conditional word, mode, or tense
Antecedent
One that precedes another.
Conditional
(grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
Antecedent
A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.
Conditional
(grammar) The conditional mood.
Antecedent
Antecedents The important events and occurrences in one's early life.
Conditional
(logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
"A implies B" is a conditional.
Antecedent
Antecedents One's ancestors.
Conditional
(programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
if
and while
are conditionals in some programming languages.Antecedent
(Grammar) The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to, as the children in The teacher asked the children where they were going.
Conditional
A condition a limitation or restriction.
Antecedent
(Mathematics) The first term of a ratio.
Conditional
Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.
Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.
Antecedent
(Logic) The conditional member of a hypothetical proposition.
Conditional
Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.
A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.
The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously.
Antecedent
Earlier, either in time or in order.
An event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
An antecedent cause
Conditional
A limitation.
Antecedent
Presumptive.
An antecedent improbability
Conditional
A conditional word, mode, or proposition.
Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.
Antecedent
Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
Conditional
Qualified by reservations
Antecedent
An ancestor.
Conditional
Imposing or depending on or containing a condition;
Conditional acceptance of the terms
Lent conditional support
The conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid
Antecedent
(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Antecedent
(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. , where is the antecedent, and is the consequent.
Antecedent
(logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
Antecedent
(math) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
Antecedent
Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
Antecedent
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
Antecedent
Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
Antecedent
That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents.
Antecedent
One who precedes or goes in front.
My antecedent, or my gentleman usher.
Antecedent
The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
If the troops . . . prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory is surely ours.
Antecedent
The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
Antecedent
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
Antecedent
The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
Antecedent
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Antecedent
A preceding occurrence or cause or event
Antecedent
Anything that precedes something similar in time;
Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
Antecedent
The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Antecedent
Preceding in time or order
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Intangibleness vs. IntangibilityNext Comparison
Cub vs. Unlicked