Precede vs Predate - What's the difference?
precede | predate |
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 designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.)
A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
To prey upon something.
In transitive terms the difference between precede and predate
is that precede is to have higher rank than (someone or something else) while predate is to exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage..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
* ----predate
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Etymology 1
From pre- 'before' + dateVerb
- The Japanese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.