Preceding vs Foregoing - What's the difference?
preceding | foregoing | Synonyms |
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. ยง 14.
Foregoing is a synonym of preceding.
As adjectives the difference between preceding and foregoing
is that preceding is occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence while foregoing is occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.As verbs the difference between preceding and foregoing
is that preceding is present participle of lang=en while foregoing is present participle of lang=en.preceding
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(-)- On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.
Antonyms
* succeedingVerb
(head)foregoing
English
Adjective
(-)- we may conclude, from the foregoing reasonings, that, as certain unity is requisite in all productions, it cannot be wanting in history more than in any other;