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Recede vs Accede - What's the difference?

recede | accede |

As verbs the difference between recede and accede

is that recede is while accede is .

recede

English

Verb

(reced)
  • To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
  • * Dryden
    • Like the hollow roar / Of tides receding from the instituted shore.
  • * Bentley
    • All bodies moved circularly endeavour to recede from the center.
  • To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
    • to recede conquered territory
  • To take back.

    • Synonyms

    * withdraw

    Derived terms

    * receding

    Related terms

    * cede * recedence * recession * recess * recessive

    References

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    Anagrams

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    accede

    English

    Verb

    (acced)
  • (archaic) To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
  • To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way.
  • To come to an office, state or dignity; to attain, assume (a position).
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 32:
    • Maintenon had been governess to the children in the late 1670s before acceding to the king's favours.
  • To become a party to an agreement or a treaty.

    • Usage notes

    Use with the word to afterwards ie. accede to .

    Synonyms

    * agree, acquiesce, assent, comply, concur, consent, concede

    Derived terms

    * accedence

    References

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