Procession vs. Precession
Difference Between Procession and Precession
Processionnoun
The act of progressing or proceeding.
Precessionnoun
(uncountable) Precedence.
But as it will not do to talk entirely at random, as Montaigne does, and Ralph Waldo Emerson tries to do, we must take up some little thread or threads. and string our thoughts thereupon, keeping up also a relation among them of precession and succession.Processionnoun
A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.
a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's processionPrecessionnoun
The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
Processionnoun
A number of things happening in sequence (in space or in time).
Precessionnoun
The slow gyration of the earth's axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational torque of the sun and moon.
Processionnoun
Litanies said in procession and not kneeling.
Precessionnoun
Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.
Processionverb
(intransitive) To take part in a procession.
Precessionnoun
the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
Processionverb
To honour with a procession.
Precessionnoun
the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
Processionverb
To ascertain, mark, and establish the boundary lines of (lands).
Processionnoun
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
the emanation of the Holy Spiritthe rising of the Holy Ghostthe doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the SonProcessionnoun
the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation;
processions were forbiddenProcessionnoun
the act of moving forward toward a goal
