Thesaurus vs Predate - What's the difference?
thesaurus | predate |
A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
(archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
(information science) A hierarchy of subject headings—canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
To exist, or to occur before something else; to antedate (the more correct term for this usage.)
A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
To prey upon something.
As nouns the difference between thesaurus and predate
is that thesaurus is thesaurus while predate is a publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.As a verb predate is
to designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate") or predate can be to prey upon something.thesaurus
English
(wikipedia thesaurus)Noun
(en-noun)- "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus'' that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.
Synonyms
* synonymiconDerived terms
* thesauralSee also
* ontology * *External links
* * * Roget's Thesaurus can be found at: http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri ----predate
English
Etymology 1
From pre- 'before' + dateVerb
- The Japanese use of Pascal's Triangle predates its discovery by Blaise Pascal.