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Forerunner vs Abax - What's the difference?

forerunner | abax |

As a noun forerunner

is a runner at the front or ahead.

As a proper noun abax is

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forerunner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a runner at the front or ahead
  • (sport) by extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
  • a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead
  • * '>citation
  • a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor
  • (philately) a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own
  • something that introduces a part of the properties offered by some later thing.
    • Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.

    abax

    English

    Noun

    (abaxes)
  • an ancient counting board containing grooves in which counters were placed.
    • Basic arithmetic could be done with an abax .
    The abax was a forerunner of the abacus .

    Usage notes

    * The plural form abaxes is currently unattested.