Predecessor vs Forefather - What's the difference?
predecessor | forefather |
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 Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.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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Ancestor.(w)
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*:His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill; an only brother at Montauk Point having sickened in the trenches before Santiago.
Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.
Forefather is a synonym of predecessor.
As nouns the difference between predecessor and forefather
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 forefather is ancestor.Wppredecessor
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Alternative forms
* (archaic) * (qualifier) * predecessour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.