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Predecessor vs Dependency - What's the difference?

predecessor | dependency |

As nouns the difference between predecessor and dependency

is that predecessor is one who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position while dependency is a state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.

predecessor

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic) * (qualifier) * predecessour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
  • A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
    • The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
  • (mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

    • Synonyms

    * (l) (qualifier)

    Antonyms

    * (one who precedes) successor * (machinery or device which precedes) successor

    Anagrams

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    dependency

    English

    Noun

    (dependencies)
  • A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
    • Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.
  • Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else:
    • In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.
  • A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
  • A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol; addiction.
  • (computing) Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
    • This library has a lot of dependencies . We have to compile all of those other libraries first.

    Related terms

    * dependee, depender