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Successive vs Preceding - What's the difference?

successive | preceding |

As adjectives the difference between successive and preceding

is that successive is coming one after the other in a series while preceding is occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.

As a verb preceding is

present participle of lang=en.

successive

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Coming one after the other in a series.
    • They had won the title for five successive years.
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    • , year=2011 , date=November 5 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=QPR 2 - 3 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Mancini's men were far from their best but dug in to earn a 10th win in 11 league games and an eighth successive victory in all competitions to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the table.}}
  • Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
    • a successive''' title; a '''successive empire

    Synonyms

    * (in a series) consecutive

    Derived terms

    * successively * nonsuccessive

    Related terms

    * succeed * success

    preceding

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
    • On the preceding Monday Shobana had gone on vacation.

    Antonyms

    * succeeding

    Verb

    (head)