Predated vs Postdated - What's the difference?
predated | postdated |
(predate)
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.
(postdate)
To occur after an event or time; to exist later on in time
To assign an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date
To affix a date to after the event.
(obsolete) postdated; made or done after the date assigned.
* Fuller
As verbs the difference between predated and postdated
is that predated is (predate) while postdated is (postdate).predated
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(head)Anagrams
*predate
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Etymology 1
From pre- 'before' + dateVerb
- The Japanese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.
Usage notes
The transitive sense of moving an event to an earlier point is the proper one for "predate." "Antedate" is the correct term for occurring before something else. These terms are frequently misused even in educated writing.Synonyms
* (to designate a date earlier): antedateAntonyms
* (to designate a date earlier): postdateNoun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From predation, predatorVerb
Synonyms
* (to prey upon): preyAnagrams
* * * * English heteronyms ----postdated
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(head)postdate
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(postdat)- to postdate a contract, that is, to date it later than the time when it was in fact made
Antonyms
(both senses) predateAdjective
(-)- Of these [predictions] some were postdate , cunningly made after the thing came to pass.