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Excessive vs Succeeding - What's the difference?

excessive | succeeding |

As adjectives the difference between excessive and succeeding

is that excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate while succeeding is following, next in order.

As a verb succeeding is

.

As a noun succeeding is

success.

excessive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
    • "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * insufficient * deficient

    Derived terms

    * excessive number

    Related terms

    * exceed * excess

    succeeding

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Following, next in order.
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

    • Antonyms

    * preceding

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • success
  • * 1722 , Nicholas Ling, ?John Bodenham, Wits Common-wealth (page 105)
    • It is good for a man in the midst of prosperity to fear a Ruin, and in the midst of adversity to hope for better succeedings .