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Senior vs Prior - What's the difference?

senior | prior |

As nouns the difference between senior and prior

is that senior is while prior is prior (high-ranking member of a monastery).

As an adjective senior

is .

senior

English

Alternative forms

* seniour (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Older; superior
    • senior citizen
  • Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
    • senior''' member; '''senior counsel
  • (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

    • Antonyms

    * junior

    Related terms

    * senile * senate * sir

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
  • (obsolete, Biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts IV:
    • Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].
  • Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
    • He was four years her senior .
  • (US) A final-year student at a high school or university.

    • Antonyms

    * junior

    Derived terms

    * senior school

    Related terms

    * seniority

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    prior

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of that which comes before, in advance.
    • I had no prior knowledge you were coming.
  • former, previous
    • His prior residence was smaller than his current one.

    Usage notes

    The etymological antonym is (m) (from Latin) (compare (m)/(m) for “first/last”). This is now no longer used, however, and there is no corresponding antonym. Typically either (m) or (m) are used, but these form different pairs – (m)/(m) and (m)/(m) – and are more formal than prior . When an opposing pair is needed, these can be used, or other pairs such as (m)/(m) or (m)/(m).

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * prior to

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (colloquial) Previously.
    • The doctor had known three months prior .

    Noun

    (wikipedia prior) (en noun)
  • A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 53:
    • ‘And a little later we get the routine report on his prints from Washington, and he's got a prior back in Indiana, attempted hold-up six years ago.’
  • (statistics) In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution.