Succeed vs. Attain — What's the Difference?

To come next in time or order

To gain as an objective; achieve

To replace another in office or position

To come to or arrive at, as through movement, growth, or the passage of time

To accomplish something desired or intended

To succeed in a directed effort, process, or progression

(Obsolete) To pass to a person by way of inheritance.

(transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).

To come after (something) in time or order; follow

(transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).

To come after and take the place of

(intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.

(transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.

To get at the knowledge of.

(transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.

To reach in excellence or degree.

(intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; often with to.

To reach a person after being behind them.

(intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; often with to.

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

(intransitive) To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant.

To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.

(intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.

To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.

(intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general.

To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.

To turn out, fare, do (well or ill).

To overtake.

(transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to.

To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.

(intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; often with to.

To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.

To fall heir to; to inherit.

To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.

To go down or near with to.

Attainment.

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.

To gain with effort;

To fall heir to; to inherit.

Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;

To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

Find unexpectedly;

To support; to prosper; to promote.

Reach a destination, either real or abstract;

To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; - often with to.

To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.

To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded.

To go under cover.

Attain success or reach a desired goal;

Be the successor (of);