What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Antecedent vs Component - What's the difference?

antecedent | component |

As nouns the difference between antecedent and component

is that antecedent is antecedent (any thing that precedes another thing) while component is component.

As an adjective antecedent

is antecedent, preceding.

antecedent

English

(wikipedia antecedent)

Adjective

(-)
  • Earlier, either in time or order.
    • an event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
    an antecedent cause
  • presumptive
    • an antecedent improbability

    Noun

    {{examples-right, sense=linguistics: expression referred to by pronoun, examples= * In “The policeman asked the boy what he was doing.”, the phrase “the boy” is the antecedent of the pronoun “he”. * In the sentence “I saw my girlfriend yesterday wearing her old jacket which is odd because she almost never wears it.”, the phrase “my girlfriend” is the antecedent of “her” and “old jacket” is the antecedent of “it”.}} (en noun)
  • Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
  • An ancestor.
  • (grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
  • * Fowler
    • [W]hereas it might seem orderly that, as who'' is appropriated to persons, so ''that'' should have been appropriated to things the antecedent of ''that is often personal.
  • *
    • One such condition can be formulated in terms of the
    c-command relation defined in (9) above: the relevant condition is given in (16)
    below:
    (16)    C-COMMAND CONDITION ON ANAPHORS
            An anaphor must have an appropriate c-commanding antecedent
  • (logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition.
    • (rfex)
  • (math) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a'' in the ratio ''a:b , the other being the consequent.

    • Synonyms

    * (something which precedes) precedent, precursor * (an ancestor) ascendant, ascendent, forebear, forefather, forerunner, predecessor, progenitor

    Antonyms

    * (in logic) consequent, (for sequents) succedent * (in linguistics) anaphor

    Holonyms

    * conditional * See

    See also

    * juxtaposition ----

    component

    English

    (wikipedia component)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:

    Derived terms

    * componentless

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
  • Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.
    • ----