antecedent vs precedent

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mrluyen
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antecedent vs precedent

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Please tell me the difference between these two nouns:

ANTECEDENT and PRECEDENT

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Luyen Nguyen
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Re: antecedent vs precedent

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antecedent: something that comes before another thing

"Depression is sometimes the antecedent of war."

precedent: an earlier event that is used an an example to follow in similar circumstances

"The election of a woman as Britain's prime minister was without precedent."
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