different between successor vs succeeder

English

Alternative forms

• successour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?k?s?s?(?)/, /?s?ks?s?(?)/, /?s?ks?s??(?)/, /?s?ks?s??/

Noun

successor (plural successors)

1. A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

   George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
2. The next heir in order or succession.
3. A person who inherits a title or office.
4. (arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.

   A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.

Synonyms

• (person or thing that immediately follows another): aftercomer (uncommon); see also Thesaurus:successor

Antonyms

• (person or thing that immediately follows another): predecessor; see also Thesaurus:predecessor

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin successor.

Noun

successor m (plural successors, feminine successora)

1. successor

Related terms

• succeir

Further reading

• “successor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “successor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “successor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “successor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From succ?d?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /suk?kes.sor/, [s??k?k?s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sut?t??es.sor/, [sut?t???s??r]

Noun

successor m (genitive success?ris, feminine succestr?x); third declension

1. follower, successor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• successor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• successor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• successor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin successor.

Noun

successor m (plural successors)

1. successor

Related terms

• succedir
• successiu

English

Etymology

succeed +? -er

Noun

succeeder (plural succeeders)

1. One who succeeds (follows after); a successor.
2. One who succeeds (achieves a positive outcome); a winner.

Synonyms

• (successor): See also Thesaurus:successor
• (winner): champion