different between succession vs progression

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).

English

Etymology

From Old French progression.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p????????n/

Noun

progression (countable and uncountable, plural progressions)

1. The act of moving from one thing to another.
2. The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.
   • 2003,T.H. Jafar, et al.. Annals of Internal Medicine 139: 244-252.

     The lowest risk for kidney disease progression seemed to be at levels of current systolic blood pressure of 110 to 129 mm Hg.

3. (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
4. Development, increase, evolution.
5. (music) chord progression
6. (exercise) The making an exercise more exerting by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.

Antonyms

• regress
• retrogression

Synonyms

• (mathematics): sequence

Derived terms

Related terms

• progress

Translations

Finnish

Noun

progression

1. Genitive singular form of progressio.

French

Etymology

From Latin progressionem (accusative of progressio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.???.sj??/

Noun

progression f (plural progressions)

1. progression

Further reading

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