Supersede vs Intercede - What's the difference?
supersede | intercede |
Set (something) aside.
Take the place of.
Displace in favour of another.
(Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
To plead on someone else's behalf.
To act as a mediator in a dispute; to arbitrate or mediate.
* Milton
To pass between; to intervene.
* Sir M. Hale
As verbs the difference between supersede and intercede
is that supersede is set (something) aside while intercede is to plead on someone else's behalf.As a noun supersede
is an updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.supersede
English
Verb
- No one could supersede his sister.
- Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.
Usage notes
(term) is the only English word ending in (term). Similar words include four ending in (term), and several ending in (term) (apart from seed). Because of this, supercede is a common misspelling of this word.Synonyms
* (take the place of) replace, supplant, usurpSee also
* supercede and superseed (common misspellings) * supersedure * supersessionNoun
(en noun)- Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.
References
intercede
English
Verb
(interced)- I to the lords will intercede , not doubting their favourable ear.
- He supposed that a vast period interceded between that origination and the age wherein he lived.