Succeeder vs. Successor

Succeedernoun

One who succeeds (follows after); a successor.

Successornoun

A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

‘George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.’;

Succeedernoun

One who succeeds (achieves a positive outcome); a winner.

Successornoun

The next heir in order or succession.

Succeedernoun

A successor.

Successornoun

A person who inherits a title or office.

Succeedernoun

a person with a record of successes;

‘his son would never be the achiever that his father was’; ‘only winners need apply’; ‘if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success’;

Successornoun

The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.

‘A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.’;

Successornoun

One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; - correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king.

‘A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists.’;

Successornoun

a person who follows next in order;

‘he was President Lincoln's successor’;

Successornoun

a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone

Successornoun

a person who inherits some title or office

Successornoun

a person or thing that succeeds another

‘Schoenberg saw himself as a natural successor to the German romantic school’;