Difference between Heir Apparent and Succeeding

HEIR APPARENT vs SUCCEEDING: 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

The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence.
Consequence; result.
The act of one who succeeds.
A person with a record of successes

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

Achieving, Success, Inheriting, Undermentioned, Postmortem, Ensuing, Back to back, Apres ski, In line, Following, Next, Post, Consecutive, Incoming, Future

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

Managing, Success, Inheriting, Undermentioned, Postmortem, Ensuing, Back to back, Apres ski, In line, Following, Next, Post, Consecutive, Incoming, Future

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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.

But do they have any hope of succeeding?
New applications are required for each succeeding period.
Which way has the best chance of succeeding?
The succeeding utility screens are for reference only.
BCE after conquering and succeeding the Shang Dynasty.
Louis Seith becomes commandant of cadets, succeeding Brig.
Greatest productions get better with each succeeding release.
Their utility diminishes with each succeeding tactical echelon.
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Should the succeeding reading indicate that the estimate is materially in error, an adjustment shall be made in the succeeding bill.