Antecedence vs Preference - What's the difference?
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The act of preceding in time or order.
(astronomy) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
(geology) A geologic process that explain how and why antecedent rivers can cut through mountain systems instead of going around them.
The selection of one thing or person over others.
The option to so select, and the one selected.
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A strong liking or personal valuation.
A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
(US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
Antecedence is a related term of preference.
As nouns the difference between antecedence and preference
is that antecedence is the act of preceding in time or order while preference is preference.antecedence
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* (archaic)Noun
(Preferans) (en noun)Obama's once hip brand is now tainted, passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}