Difference between Heir Apparent and Placeman

HEIR APPARENT vs PLACEMAN: 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

One appointed to a political office, especially in government, as a reward for political support; an appointee, a yes-man.
One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government.
One who holds or occupies a place; specifically, one who has an office under government.
A disparaging term for an appointee

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

Autocrat, Sycophant, Satrap, Technocrat, Praetorian guard, Bureaucrat, Figurehead, Stooge, Flunkey, Crony, Appointee, Sinecure, Apparatchik, Ejected, Placeseeker

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

Quisling, Bootlicker, Autocrat, Sycophant, Satrap, Technocrat, Praetorian guard, Bureaucrat, Figurehead, Stooge, Flunkey, Crony, Appointee, Sinecure, Ejected

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.