Difference between Antecedents and Prior

ANTECEDENTS vs PRIOR: NOUN

Anything that precedes something similar in time
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Plural form of antecedent.
The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
A preceding occurrence or cause or event

The head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot.
A superior officer; a superior.
Formerly, in Italy, a chief magistrate, as in the medieval republic of Florence.
Synonyms Abbot, Prior. See def. .
A prior conviction; -- said of an accused criminal.
The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
A chief magistrate, as in the republic of Florence in the middle ages.
A prior who is at the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory.
An official next in rank to the abbot in a monastery; prior of the cloisters.

First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality, origin, development, rank, etc.
Of that which comes before, in advance.
Former, previous
Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous
Earlier in time

The head of a religious order
Preceding, as in the order of time, of thought, of origin, of dignity, or of importance; in law, senior in point of time: as, a prior and a junior incumbrance.
Previous: used adverbially, followed by to, like previous. See previous, a.

Backgrounds, Ancestors, Histories, Origins, Ascendent, Prevenient, Preexistent, Ante, Anterior, Prior, Ascendant, Preceding, Anticipatory, Forerunner, Ancestor

Later, Ago, Beforehand, Precede, First, Last, Pre, After, Following, Earlier, Before, Previous, Anterior, Antecedent, Preceding

Antecedence, Forefathers, Ancestors, Histories, Ascendent, Prevenient, Preexistent, Ante, Anterior, Prior, Ascendant, Preceding, Anticipatory, Forerunner, Ancestor

Later, Ago, Beforehand, Precede, First, Last, Pre, After, Following, Earlier, Before, Previous, Anterior, Antecedent, Preceding

Organizational and psychological antecedents to individual teacher change.
Antecedents and consequences of situational interest in science.
Antecedents, one more than Goldilocks had spoken of?
In other words, singular pronouns take the place of singular antecedents and plural pronouns take the place of plural antecedents.
Do children distinguish null subjects from overt pronominal subjects, preferring subject antecedents for null pronouns and object antecedents for overt pronouns?
The antecedents for organisational commitment are attitudinal, whilst antecedents for organisational identification are centred on cognitive and perceptual processes.
Pronouns and Antecedents The most common mistake concerning pronouns and their antecedents occurs when it is unclear to what or whom a pronoun refers.
The authors found that distant antecedents were less accurately processed than near antecedents but latencies were unaffected by distance.
In addition, few studies have investigated the antecedents of employee satisfaction and how these antecedents might affect customer satisfaction.
Proforms usually follow their antecedents, but sometimes they precede them, in which case one is, technically, dealing with postcedents instead of antecedents.

Data can be encrypted prior to its transmission.
Coroner prior to deposit with the County Prothonotary.
Signing a waiver prior to working on vehicles?
Some excluded women with cervical priming prior to induction and some excluded women with a history of prior caesarean delivery.
As a general guideline, any exterior change to buildings or landscaping requires prior DRC approval prior to making the change.
Prior to Preconstruction Conference, and prior to any clearing, grubbing, trenching, grading, or any land disturbances.
Lastly, prior to getting on suboxone, I was addicted to IV heroin and other opiates, but had used almost every drug prior.
Prior printed publications and patents related to the invention fall within the scope of the prior art.
Premises Tenant may take possession prior to the beginning of the term only upon receiving prior consent from Landlord.
If the prior liens are not paid, then the prior lienholders would likely proceed with their own foreclosure sale.