cataphora

As nouns the difference between cataphora and antecedent

is that cataphora is (linguistics|rhetoric) the use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect while antecedent is antecedent (any thing that precedes another thing).

As an adjective antecedent is

antecedent, preceding.

As nouns the difference between cataphora and cataphor

is that cataphora is the use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect while cataphor is semicoma.

As a noun cataphora

is (linguistics|rhetoric) the use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.

As an adjective cataphoric is

of or relating to cataphora.