Preempted vs Preceded - What's the difference?
preempted | preceded |
(preempt)
to appropriate something (before someone else does)
to displace something, or take precedence over something
(bridge) to make a preemptive bid at bridge
(precede)
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To go before, go in front of.
* Milton
To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
* Kent
To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
(en-noun) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
As verbs the difference between preempted and preceded
is that preempted is while preceded is (precede).preempted
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(head)Anagrams
*preempt
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* pre-empt *Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* preemptive * preemptor * preemptoryAnagrams
* English words with vowel pseudo-digraphspreceded
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* (archaic)Verb
(head)precede
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* (archaic)Verb
(preced)- Harm precedes not sin.
- It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.
