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decease vs predecease

predecease vs decease

decease is a noun but predecease is not a noun.

decease and predecease both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
decease Yes No Yes No
predecease No No Yes No
As verbs, predecease is a hyponym of decease; that is, predecease is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than decease:
  • decease: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • predecease: die before; die earlier than
Other hyponyms of decease include abort, asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, buy it, pip out, drown, famish, starve, fall, succumb, yield.
decease (noun) predecease (noun)
the event of dying or departure from life
decease (verb) predecease (verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life die before; die earlier than
Difference between decease and predecease

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