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Accession vs Succession - What's the difference?

accession | succession |

As nouns the difference between accession and succession

is that accession is a coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy while succession is an act of following in sequence.

As a verb accession

is to make a record of (additions to a collection).

accession

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
  • Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
  • * (rfdate)
    • The only accession that the Roman empire received was the province of Britain.
  • (legal) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
  • (legal) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
  • The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
  • (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
  • Agreement.
  • Access; admittance.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a record of (additions to a collection).

    • Antonyms

    * deaccession

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    succession

    English

    Noun

  • An act of following in sequence.
  • A sequence of things in order.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 10 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure}}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England gave away six penalties in the first 15 minutes and were lucky to still have 15 men on the pitch, but Kvirikashvili missed two very makeable penalties in quick succession as Georgia were unable to take advantage of significant territorial advantage.}}
  • A passing of royal powers.
  • A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
  • (obsolete, rare) The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.
    • (Milton)

    Derived terms

    * successional

    Related terms

    * successive