Preceded vs Conceded - What's the difference?
preceded | conceded |
(precede)
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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)
(concede)
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To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.
To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.
To admit to be true; to acknowledge.
To yield or make concession.
(sports) To have a goal or point scored against
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 2
, author=Jonathan Jurejko
, title=Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea
, work=BBC Sport
(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
As verbs the difference between preceded and conceded
is that preceded is (precede) while conceded is (concede).preceded
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(head)precede
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(preced)- Harm precedes not sin.
- It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.
Usage notes
* Not to be confused with proceed.Noun
Antonyms
* (go before) succeedAnagrams
* ----conceded
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Verb
(head)concede
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Verb
(conced)- He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win.
- Kendall conceded defeat once she realized she could not win in a battle of wits.
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