Difference between Prior and Antecedent

Prior

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot. A previous criminal offense on someone's record. In Bayesian inference, a prior probability distribution.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Previously.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of that which comes before, in advance. former, previous

Example sentence: The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood.

Antecedent

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.an ancestorA word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Earlier, either in time or order.