Vicegerent vs Successor - What's the difference?
vicegerent | successor |
Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
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 nouns the difference between vicegerent and successor
is that vicegerent is the official administrative deputy of a ruler or head of state; viceregent while successor is a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.As an adjective vicegerent
is having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.vicegerent
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Adjective
(-)- (Milton)
Anagrams
*successor
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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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