Difference between Precursor and Forerunner

What is the difference between Precursor and Forerunner?

Precursor as a noun is that which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events. while Forerunner as a noun is a runner at the front or ahead

Precursor

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events. One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

Forerunner

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a runner at the front or aheada precursor or harbinger, a warning aheada forebear, an ancestor, a predecessora postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own

We hope you now know whether to use Precursor or Forerunner in your sentence.

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