Precede vs. Succeed

Precede vs. Succeed — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Precede and Succeed

Precedeverb

(transitive) To go before, go in front of.

Succeedverb

To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.

The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne.Autumn succeeds summer.

Precedeverb

(transitive) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.

Succeedverb

To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful.

The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime.

Precedeverb

(transitive) To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

Succeedverb

To fall heir to; to inherit.

So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, I am king.
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Precedenoun

Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)

Succeedverb

To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.

Precedeverb

be earlier in time; go back further;

Stone tools precede bronze tools

Succeedverb

To support; to prosper; to promote.

Precedeverb

come before;

Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify

Succeedverb

To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.

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Precedeverb

be the predecessor of;

Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands

Succeedverb

To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

Precedeverb

move ahead (of others) in time or space

Succeedverb

To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.

Precedeverb

furnish with a preface or introduction;

She always precedes her lectures with a jokeHe prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution

Succeedverb

To go under cover.

Succeedverb

attain success or reach a desired goal;

The enterprise succeededWe succeeded in getting tickets to the showshe struggled to overcome her handicap and won

Succeedverb

be the successor (of);

Carter followed FordWill Charles succeed to the throne?