Anterior vs Inferior - What's the difference?
anterior | inferior |
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.
of lower quality
* Dryden
of lower rank
located below
# (typography) Printed in subscript.
(botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
(botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
(astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
(astronomy) Below the horizon.
a person of lower stature to another
As adjectives the difference between anterior and inferior
is that anterior is before in place while inferior is of lower quality.As a noun inferior is
a person of lower stature to another.anterior
English
Alternative forms
* anteriour (obsolete)Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (before in place) posterior * (anatomy) posteriorDerived Terms
* anteriorlyCoordinate terms
* *Anagrams
* ----inferior
English
Alternative forms
* inferiour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
- Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.
- an inferior officer
- an inferior figure or letter
- the inferior''' or interior planets; an '''inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
- the inferior part of a meridian
Usage notes
(term) and (superior) are generally followed by (to); (than) is seen sometimes, but is viewed as wrong.Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* superiorCoordinate terms
*Noun
(en noun)- As you are my inferior , I can tell you to do anything I want.