different between emanation vs succession

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Etymology

From emanate.

Noun

emanation (countable and uncountable, plural emanations)

1. The act of flowing or proceeding (of something, quality, or feeling) from a source or origin.
2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence.

   Perfume is an emanation from a flower.

3. (uncountable, obsolete, chemistry) The element radon.
4. (theology) The generation of the Son and the procession of the Holy Spirit, as distinct from the origination of created beings.

Translations

See also

• evolution

Anagrams

• anamniote

English

Etymology

From Old French succession, from Latin successio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?k?s??.?n/

Noun

succession (countable and uncountable, plural successions)

1. An act of following in sequence.
2. A sequence of things in order.
3. A passing of royal powers.
4. A group of rocks or strata that succeed one another in chronological order.
5. A race or series of descendants.
6. (agriculture) Rotation, as of crops.
7. A right to take possession.
8. (historical) In Roman and Scots law, the taking of property by one person in place of another.
9. (obsolete, rare) The person who succeeds to rank or office; a successor or heir.

Synonyms

• (an act of following in sequence): See Thesaurus:posteriority
• (a sequence of things in order): See Thesaurus:sequence

Derived terms

• successional
• successionary

Related terms

• successive

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin successio, successionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syk.s?.sj??/

Noun

succession f (plural successions)

1. succession
2. Series
3. Inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors

Derived terms

• droits de succession

Further reading

• “succession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).