Difference between Heir Apparent and Abdicate

HEIR APPARENT vs ABDICATE: NOUN

Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.
An heir who will inherit the ancestor's estate, title, or office as long as the ancestor does not exclude the heir in any will and the heir survives the ancestor.
An heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if that person outlives the ancestor

To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
To reject; to cast off.
To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc.
To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity.

To renounce or give up something; abandon some claim; relinquish a right, power, or trust.
Synonyms To resign, renounce, give up, quit, vacate, relinquish, lay down, abandon, desert. (See list under abandon, v.)
To put away or expel; banish; renounce the authority of; dethrone; degrade.
To discard; cast away; take leave of: as, to abdicate one's mental faculties. In civil law, to disclaim and expel from a family, as a child; disinherit during lifetime: with a personal subject, as father, parent.
To give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim, office, duties, dignity, authority, and the like, especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner.

Inheritor, Protege, Dethrone, Coronation, Succession, Confidant, Throne, Kingmaker, Princeling, Prince regent, Figurehead, Frontrunner, Heir presumptive, Heir, Successor

Evade, Waive, Forfeit, Dispense, Forswear, Surrender, Forgo, Quit, Forego, Forsake, Resign, Abandon, Shirk, Relinquish, Renounce

Understudy, Protege, Dethrone, Coronation, Succession, Confidant, Throne, Kingmaker, Princeling, Prince regent, Figurehead, Frontrunner, Heir presumptive, Heir, Successor

Usurp, Waiver, Bypass, Circumvent, Evade, Waive, Forfeit, Dispense, Forswear, Surrender, Quit, Forego, Forsake, Resign, Abandon

He was heir-apparent to the throne of borgata casino in atlantic city nj Israel.
The Ming heir apparent will reach all of you in due course.
He was appointed as his father's heir apparent in 2000.
According to Nguni culture, Jorum is the rightful heir apparent.
Prince Charles, a sickly child, now became heir apparent.
Soon, the team starts looking for an heir apparent.
George III, became heir apparent and ultimately king.
Ueved he might really be the heir apparent.
The case of Simon Clark: son and heir of Peter Clark deceased and now heir apparent of the family of Sr.
No person is heir until the death of his ancestor, but before that event is generally called the heir apparent.