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Prepotency vs Dominant - What's the difference?

prepotency | dominant |


As nouns the difference between prepotency and dominant

is that prepotency is the quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance while dominant is (music) the fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus g is the dominant of c, a of d, and so on.

As an adjective dominant is

ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling.