Success vs Successor - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
The achievement of one's aim or goal.
(business) financial profitability.
One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
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 success and successor
is that success is something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result while successor is a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.As a proper noun Success
is a town in Arkansas.success
English
(wikipedia success)Alternative forms
* successe (archaic)Noun
- I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe , others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake.
- His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success .
- Don't let success go to your head.
- Scholastically, he was a success .
- The new range of toys has been a resounding success .
- She is country music's most recent success .
Antonyms
* failureDerived terms
* nothing succeeds like success * successful * successfullyExternal links
* *successor
English
(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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