Prevailing vs Ascendant - What's the difference?
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Predominant; of greatest force.
* '', reprinted in 1797, John Bell, ''Bell's British Theatre , Volume 33,
* 1807 , , The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner ,
* 1826 , , House of Commons Papers , Volume 17,
Prevalent, common, widespread.
* 1829 , James Annesley, Sketches of the Most Prevalent Diseases of India ,
* 1832 , David Brewster, Spain'', entry in ''The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia , Volume 17,
* 1940 , Australian Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 33 - 1940 ,
Rising, moving upward.
* Browne
Surpassing or controlling.
* South
* John Stuart Mill
Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
* Robertson
An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
Ascent; height; elevation.
* Temple
(astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
Prevailing is a related term of ascendant.
As adjectives the difference between prevailing and ascendant
is that prevailing is predominant; of greatest force while ascendant is rising, moving upward.As a verb prevailing
is .As a noun ascendant is
being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.prevailing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.
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- He has a humour more prevailing than his curiosity, and will willingly dispense with the hearing of one scandalous story, to avoid giving an occasion to make another, by being seen to walk with his wife.
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- and as merciful coun?els are mo?t prevailing when earne?tly pre??ed, ?o I got them to be of the ?ame opinion as to clemency.
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- I have heard generally that alderman Archer has a more prevailing and powerful influence in the commons than any other alderman, and exercises that influence ;
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- Fever'' and ''dysentery are the most prevailing diseases in this division, more particularly the latter, which is one of the most destructive amongst the troops in India, and particularly so in the European constitution.
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- One of the most prevailing defects in this people is their invincible indolence, and hatred of labour, which has, at all times, paralysed the government of their best princes, and impeded the success of their most brilliant enterprises.
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- In Sydney at 9 am, by far the most prevailing wind is a westerly, particularly during the colder two-thirds of the year.
Verb
(head)ascendant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The constellation about that time ascendant .
- An ascendant spirit over him.
- The ascendant community obtained a surplus of wealth.
Noun
(wikipedia ascendant) (en noun)- One man has the ascendant over another.
- Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent.
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- Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant .
- (Burke)