Succeeding vs Successor - What's the difference?
succeeding | successor |
Following, next in order.
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success
* 1722 , Nicholas Ling, ?John Bodenham, Wits Common-wealth (page 105)
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
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The next heir in order or succession.
A person who inherits a title or office.
(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
As nouns the difference between succeeding and successor
is that succeeding is success while successor is a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.As an adjective succeeding
is following, next in order.As a verb succeeding
is .succeeding
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Adjective
(head)Antonyms
* precedingVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- It is good for a man in the midst of prosperity to fear a Ruin, and in the midst of adversity to hope for better succeedings .
successor
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(wikipedia successor)Alternative forms
* successour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
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