Posterity vs Successor - What's the difference?
posterity | successor |
All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 5
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
, work=BBC Sport
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 posterity and successor
is that posterity is all the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person while successor is a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.posterity
English
Noun
(-)citation, passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}
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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.
citation, page= , passage=As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.}}