succeeder vs great

succeeder and great both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
succeeder	Yes	No	No	No
great	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, great is a hyponym of succeeder; that is, great is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than succeeder:

Other hyponyms of succeeder include first lady, highflier, highflyer, natural, sleeper.

succeeder (noun)	great (noun)
a person with a record of successes	a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field

succeeder (adjective)	great (adjective)
	excellent
	in an advanced stage of pregnancy
	uppercase
	remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
	of major significance or importance
	relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind