antecedent vs relative

relative vs antecedent

antecedent and relative both are nouns.

antecedent and relative both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antecedent	Yes	Yes	No	No
relative	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, relative is a hypernym of antecedent; that is, relative is a word with a broader meaning than antecedent:

antecedent: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
relative: a person related by blood or marriage

Other hypernyms of antecedent include relation.

antecedent (noun)	relative (noun)
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun	an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
a preceding occurrence or cause or event	a person related by blood or marriage
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
anything that precedes something similar in time

antecedent (adjective)	relative (adjective)
preceding in time or order	estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
	properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

Difference between antecedent and relative

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