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Antecedent vs. Predecessor — What's the Difference?

Antecedent vs. Predecessor — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Antecedent and Predecessor

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Antecedent

A thing that existed before or logically precedes another
Some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa's oral traditions

Predecessor

One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.

Antecedent

A person's ancestors or family and social background
Her early life and antecedents have been traced

Predecessor

Something that has been succeeded by another
The new building is more spacious than its predecessor.

Antecedent

An earlier word, phrase, or clause to which another word (especially a following relative pronoun) refers back.
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Predecessor

An ancestor; a forebear.

Antecedent

The statement contained in the ‘if’ clause of a conditional proposition.

Predecessor

One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

Antecedent

Preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing
Antecedent events

Predecessor

A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.

Antecedent

Denoting or counting as an antecedent.

Predecessor

(mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Antecedent

Going before; preceding.

Predecessor

One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had been over the interests of the state.

Antecedent

One that precedes another.

Predecessor

One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

Antecedent

A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.

Antecedent

Antecedents The important events and occurrences in one's early life.

Antecedent

Antecedents One's ancestors.

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.

Antecedent

(Mathematics) The first term of a ratio.

Antecedent

(Logic) The conditional member of a hypothetical proposition.

Antecedent

Earlier, either in time or in order.
An event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
An antecedent cause

Antecedent

Presumptive.
An antecedent improbability

Antecedent

Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

Antecedent

An ancestor.

Antecedent

(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.

Antecedent

(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p \rightarrow q, where p is the antecedent, and q 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

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