Predecessor vs Ex - What's the difference?
predecessor | ex |
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 Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
(mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex
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(colloquial) An ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.
To delete; to cross out
As nouns the difference between predecessor and ex
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 ex is an ex-husband, ex-wife or ex-partner.As a verb ex is
to delete; to cross out.predecessor
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Alternative forms
* (archaic) * (qualifier) * predecessour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
Synonyms
* (l) (qualifier)Antonyms
* (one who precedes) successor * (machinery or device which precedes) successorAnagrams
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ex
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Noun
(en-noun)- She broke up with her ex .