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Precedented vs Preceding - What's the difference?

precedented | preceding |

As adjectives the difference between precedented and preceding

is that precedented is having a precedent; not novel while preceding is occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

As verbs the difference between precedented and preceding

is that precedented is (rare) (precedent) while preceding is .

precedented

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a precedent; not novel
  • *{{quote-book, 1905, George Pierce Baker & Henry Barrett Huntington, The Principles of Argumentation citation
    • , passage=We have a right to take any method that is legal and is precedented .}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rare) (precedent)
  • *{{quote-book, year=2005, , chapter=So You Want To Be A Precedent, America The Book, page=92 citation
    • , passage="Is 'precedented' even a word?" you may ask. Well, it is now, Noah-fucking-Webster. I just precedented it. }}

    Related terms

    * unprecedented

    preceding

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
    • On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

    Antonyms

    * succeeding

    Verb

    (head)