Forerunner vs Messenger - What's the difference?
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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
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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.
One who brings messages.
(nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
(legal) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
Forerunner is a related term of messenger.
As nouns the difference between forerunner and messenger
is that forerunner is a runner at the front or ahead while messenger is one who brings messages.As a verb messenger is
to send something by messenger.forerunner
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Noun
(en noun)- Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.
messenger
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(wikipedia messenger)Noun
(en noun)- (Bouvier)
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