Precede vs Predominate - What's the difference?
precede | predominate |
To go before, go in front of.
* Milton
To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
* Kent
To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
(en-noun) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.
To be prominent; to loom large; to be the chief component of a whole.
To dominate or hold power over, especially through numerical advantage; to outweigh.
As verbs the difference between precede and predominate
is that precede is while predominate is to dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size.As an adjective predominate is
(nonstandard) predominant.precede
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(preced)- Harm precedes not sin.
- It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.