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Superseded vs Deprecated - What's the difference?

superseded | deprecated |

As verbs the difference between superseded and deprecated

is that superseded is past tense of supersede while deprecated is past tense of deprecate.

As an adjective deprecated is

strongly disapproved of.

superseded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (supersede)

    • supersede

    English

    Verb

  • Set (something) aside.
  • Take the place of.
    • No one could supersede his sister.
  • Displace in favour of another.
    • Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.

    Usage notes

    (term) is the only English word ending in (term). Similar words include four ending in (term), and several ending in (term) (apart from seed). Because of this, supercede is a common misspelling of this word.

    Synonyms

    * (take the place of) replace, supplant, usurp

    See also

    * supercede and superseed (common misspellings) * supersedure * supersession

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
    • Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.

    References

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    deprecated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (deprecate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Strongly disapproved of.
  • *
  • Belittled; insulted
  • (computing) Obsolescent]]; said of a construct in a computing language considered old, and planned to be [[phase out, phased out, but still available for use.
  • * 2002 , Steven E. Callihan, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example
    • Just because an element or attribute is deprecated doesn't mean that it can't be used on a webpage.
  • * 1999 . Raggett, Dave, et. al. HTML 4.01 Specification , Conformance: requirements and recommendations. W3C
    • A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.
    Note that deprecated functions are not removed.

    Related terms

    * deprecation