Former vs Successor - What's the difference?
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
(senseid) First of aforementioned two items. Used with the , often without a noun.
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Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
(chiefly, British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
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The next heir in order or succession.
A person who inherits a title or office.
(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
As nouns the difference between former and successor
is that former is someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder while successor is a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.As an adjective former
is previous.former
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Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) former, comparative of . Parallel to (m) (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to (m) and (m) (thence (m)), from Proto-Germanic.Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* (previous) anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex- * See alsoAntonyms
* latterEtymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- Dave was the former of the company.
- ''The brick arch was built using a wooden former .
- ''Fifth-former
- Sixth-former .
Derived terms
* pan formerStatistics
*Anagrams
* reform ----successor
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(wikipedia successor)Alternative forms
* successour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
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