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 Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.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. , 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
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