Predecessor vs Exemplar - What's the difference?
predecessor | exemplar | Related terms |
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 Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.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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Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
A role model.
Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
A copy of a book or writing.
(obsolete) Exemplary.
*, II.8:
*:in our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare , than yours.
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As nouns the difference between predecessor and exemplar
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 exemplar is something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.As an adjective exemplar is
exemplary.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
*References
exemplar
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(wikipedia exemplar)Etymology 1
From (etyl) exemplaire, from exemplarium, from (etyl) exemplum.Noun
(en noun)- (Udall)
