Supersede vs. Precede — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Supersede and Precede
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Supersede
Take the place of (a person or thing previously in authority or use); supplant
The older models of car have now been superseded
Precede
To come, exist, or occur before in time
A lecture preceded the movie.
Supersede
To take the place of; replace or supplant
"[Dean] Acheson's conversion, that military force should supersede diplomatic response as the core of U.S. foreign policy, would reverberate across generations" (James Carroll).
Precede
To be in front of or prior to in order
A precedes B in the alphabet.
Supersede
To take the place of (a person), as in an office or position; succeed.
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Precede
To go in advance of
A marching band preceded the float.
Supersede
(transitive) To take the place of.
Those older products have been superseded by our new range.
Precede
To preface; introduce
Preceded her lecture with a funny anecdote.
Supersede
(transitive) To displace in favour of itself.
Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.
Precede
To be before in time, order, or position.
Supersede
(Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.
Precede
(transitive) To go before, go in front of.
Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide.
Supersede
To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
Precede
(transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
Supersede
To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer.
Precede
(transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
Supersede
To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.
Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion.
Precede
Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
Supersede
To omit; to forbear.
Precede
To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
Supersede
Take the place or move into the position of;
Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
The computer has supplanted the slide rule
Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
Precede
To go before in place, rank, or importance.
Precede
To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; - used with by or with before the instrumental object.
It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.
Precede
Be earlier in time; go back further;
Stone tools precede bronze tools
Precede
Come before;
Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify
Precede
Be the predecessor of;
Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
Precede
Move ahead (of others) in time or space
Precede
Furnish with a preface or introduction;
She always precedes her lectures with a joke
He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
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