Anterior vs Foregoing - What's the difference?
anterior | foregoing | Related terms |
Before in place.
Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
(anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. ยง 14.
Anterior is a related term of foregoing.
As adjectives the difference between anterior and foregoing
is that anterior is before in place while foregoing is occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.As a verb foregoing is
.anterior
English
Alternative forms
* anteriour (obsolete)Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (before in place) posterior * (anatomy) posteriorDerived Terms
* anteriorlyCoordinate terms
* *Anagrams
* ----foregoing
English
Adjective
(-)- we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;