Difference between Anterior and Preceding

ANTERIOR vs PRECEDING: NOUN

Of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body
Placed before or in front.
Occurring before in time; earlier.
Located near or toward the head in lower animals.
Located on or near the front of the body in higher animals.
Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans.
In front of and facing away from the axis or stem.
Before in time; antecedent.
Before, or toward the front, in place
Before in place.
Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.
Earlier in time

Preceding in time or order
Existing or coming before another or others in time, place, or sequence; previous.
Going before; -- opposed to following.
In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
Existing or coming before

Of place: fore; situated more to the front: the opposite of posterior.
Of time: going before; preceding; antecedent; prior; earlier.
In zoology and zootomy, nearer the head, as opposed to posterior; cephalal, as opposed to caudal; oral, as opposed to aboral: thus, the head is anterior to the neck, which is itself anterior to the trunk and tail.
In human anatomy, situated in front, with respect to that side of the body on which is the face; ventral, as opposed to dorsal; hemal, as opposed to neural: as, the anterior pillars of the pharynx; the anterior walls of the belly; the anterior pillars of the spinal cord.
In botany, in axillary inflorescence, noting the side most distant from the axis and nearest the subtending leaf or bract: as, the anterior side of a flower: otherwise called inferior or lower.
Synonyms See previous.

Postero, Peristome, Predecessor, Previous, Past, Older, Historical, Front tooth, Fore, Prior, Preceding, Antecedent, Front, Frontal, Prefrontal

Outgoing, Preparative, Anterior, Old, Preparatory, Above, Anticipatory, Introductory, Antecedent, Foregoing, Prefatory, Pre, Past, Previous, Prior

Pre existing, Postero, Peristome, Predecessor, Previous, Past, Older, Historical, Fore, Prior, Preceding, Antecedent, Front, Frontal, Prefrontal

Outgoing, Preparative, Anterior, Old, Preparatory, Above, Anticipatory, Introductory, Antecedent, Foregoing, Prefatory, Pre, Past, Previous, Prior

This cluster included parts of the anterior lateral temporal cortex, the temporoparietal junction, and anterior inferior frontal regions.
Short interruptions of Bicoid activity alter the most anterior cell fate decisions, while prolonged inactivation expands patterning defects from anterior to posterior.
Bodies have their position showing the anterior part of anatomy of an upright and anterior eyes.
Humeral and Glenoid Detachment of the Anterior Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament: A Cause of Anterior Shoulder Instability.
It comes forward as far as the anterior superior and anterior inferior iliac spines.
An anterior approach for recurrence after primary anterior repair means that scarred tissues with distorted tissue planes must be entered.
Anterior crossbite is defined as malposed labiolingual relations between one or more maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth.
Anterior dislocation most common with failure of anterior inferior glenohumeral ligaments.
DLM morphology, loss of anterior DVMs, and disrupted anterior DFMs.
The impression was osteoarthritic changes anterior aspect anterior talus joint.

Antepartum and intrapartum factors preceding neonatal Hypoxicischemic encephalopathy.
Added Mercedes Benz Workshop Manuals to preceding post.
Usually the novitiate preceding profession lasted a year.
Area Operating Expenses incurred during the preceding year.
Flights must depart after the flight preceding it.
Repeat preceding steps until shot group is centered.
Matches one or more of the preceding character.
In the preceding example, we plotted quantitative data.
There can be only one constant for the immediately preceding variable, and one constant for each element of the immediately preceding array.
GPA the preceding term, and cannot have more than one F the preceding term.