Precedence vs Hierarchy - What's the difference?
precedence | hierarchy |
The state of preceding in importance or priority.
A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
, title= Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.
As nouns the difference between precedence and hierarchy
is that precedence is the state of preceding in importance or priority while hierarchy is a body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.precedence
English
Noun
(en noun)- Family takes precedence over work, in an emergency.
Derived terms
* order of precedencehierarchy
English
Noun
(hierarchies)Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy : at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}
