Difference between Preceding and Past

PRECEDING vs PAST: NOUN

Previous background, career, experiences, and activities.
The time before the present.
The time that has preceded the present; a former or bygone time, or the events of that time; that part of the history, life, or experiences of a person or thing that is passed: as, to forget the past; an unfortunate past.
A former time or state; a state of things gone by.
A former period of someone's life kept secret or thought to be shameful.
A verb form in the past tense.
The past tense.
The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
A earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
The time that has elapsed
A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

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

Of, relating to, or being a verb tense or form used to express an action or condition prior to the time it is expressed.
Just gone by or elapsed.
Earlier than the present time; ago.
Having existed or occurred in an earlier time; bygone.
No longer current; gone by; over.
A verb tense or other construction referring to events or states that existed at some previous time
Earlier than the present time; no longer current
Having served formerly in a given capacity, especially an official one.
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office
See under Master.
Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent

No longer current
Earlier than the present time
Beyond.
Beyond in position; further than; also, by and beyond: as, the house stands a little past the junction.
Beyond the reach of; at a point that precludes or makes (something) impossible or improbable; out of the reach, scope, or influence of: as, past redemption; past all sense of shame; past comprehension.
Beyond in number or amount; above; more than; exceeding.
Beyond the enjoyment of; over and done with.
By; so as to pass and go beyond.
Gone by; belonging to a time previous to this; not present nor future: as, past time: one's past life.
Hence In the predicate, ago.
Spent; ended; accomplished; existing no more; over and done with.
That has completed a full term and is now retired: as, a past (or passed) master in free-masonry. See master.
That indicates or notes past time: as, a past participle; the past tense.

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

Historical, Yesteryear, Other, Bygone, Old, Yore, Then, Gone, Once, Earlier, Preceding, Previous, Ago, Last, Recent

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

Historical, Yesteryear, Other, Bygone, Old, Yore, Then, Gone, Once, Earlier, Preceding, Previous, Ago, Last, Recent

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.

The Past Perfect Continuous structure should be pretty simple for you because it starts in the exact same way as the Past Perfect Tense!
Simple past tense is used to express the actions that happened in the past or happened one after the other.
Another type of participle, the past participle, is a little more complicated, since not all verbs form the past tense regularly.
Normalized: Past time frames are normalized against past SOS.
Past progressive verbs are also called past continuous verbs.
She went out past Vega, out past Moulquet and Lambard!
You are currently past due or have recently been past due on a debt obligation.
Dear Past Dear Past been through so much I thought it would never last.
Menggunakan simple past tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect continuous tense.
He comes as thoughts that continue to remind you of the past and past mistakes.