Difference between Heir Presumptive and Gerontocracy

HEIR PRESUMPTIVE vs GERONTOCRACY: NOUN

Someone who will inherit only if no better choice for an heir is born.
See heir apparent.
An heir who stands to inherit the estate, title, or office of an intestate ancestor, but whose claim can be defeated if a relative who is closer to the ancestor is born prior to the ancestor's death.
A person who expects to inherit but whose right can be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative

Succession, Peacock throne, Kingship, Dynastic, King, Prince consort, Princeling, Monarch, Figurehead, Prince regent, Coronation, Heir, Successor, Throne, Heir apparent

Diarchy, Matriarchy, Princeling, Patriarchic, Duumvirate, Paternalism, Technocracy, Autarchy, Monarchism, Authoritarianism, Theocracy, Plutocracy, Nomenklatura, Oligarchy, Autocracy

Succession, Peacock throne, Kingship, Dynastic, King, Prince consort, Princeling, Monarch, Figurehead, Prince regent, Coronation, Heir, Successor, Throne, Heir apparent

Feudalism, Diarchy, Matriarchy, Princeling, Patriarchic, Duumvirate, Technocracy, Autarchy, Monarchism, Authoritarianism, Theocracy, Plutocracy, Nomenklatura, Oligarchy, Autocracy

He is the son of Eliwood, the main character of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, and heir presumptive of Pherae.
Frenchman, that he is not heir presumptive to another crown, and that he has previously taken the civic oath.
Prince Albert became King George VI and the young Princess Elizabeth became heir presumptive to the throne.
Known as "The Brat" in the Heraldic Circle, the Heir-presumptive lives up to her nickname.
Roger was made lieutenant of Ireland and was declared heir presumptive to the Crown.

When youth movement across the continent are fighting for change, questioning the transformation of liberation movements into old age homes and general gerontocracy.
The system implied that the old men held both religious and political power, it was a gerontocracy.
Gerontocracy is a pretty common system throughout human history, even if it is almost neverthe official one.
What sets the Samburu apart, however, is their gerontocracy.