Successive vs Successor - What's the difference?
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Coming one after the other in a series.
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Of, or relating to a succession; hereditary.
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 an adjective successive
is coming one after the other in a series.As a noun successor is
a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.successive
English
Adjective
(-)- They had won the title for five successive years.
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- a successive''' title; a '''successive empire
Synonyms
* (in a series) consecutiveDerived terms
* successively * nonsuccessivesuccessor
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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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