What's the difference between inheritor and successor?

Inheritor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who inherits; an heir.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That, I wanted to write about - in a sense it sounds condescending, and I don't mean it quite this way - I wanted to write about the way popular culture is an inheritor of something else.
  • (2) And they were the inheritors of an imperishable Labour movement tradition.
  • (3) However, a portion of cells gets rid of the prophage and gives rise to normal heritage inheritors permitting to use the bacteriophage as an efficient vehicle for introducing the transposons into the chromosome of E. chrysanthemi.
  • (4) That the English – to speak in generalisations – were not simply the tortured inheritors of Victorian repression and Edwardian good manners: before that we were a robust and raucous people, happy to welcome outsiders, eager to embrace the new in any form, who would cheerfully congregate in all weathers to hear stories and to celebrate stories.
  • (5) Paulhalsall I hereby declare you the lucky inheritor of a right old pickle.
  • (6) While the crusaders litter the countryside with steaming piles of barbecued heretics, there's some modern Durr Vinci Code whiffle involving hooded business types and clandestine sacrifices conducted in the name of "ze inheritors of ze Grail".
  • (7) SNP can no longer claim to be the sole inheritors of the pre-Tony Blair social democratic party.
  • (8) It is a matter of shame that millions of women have lived and died as practising Christians while being told from the pulpit that they, as the inheritors of Eve, were responsible for all the sin in the world.
  • (9) It hampers labour mobility, encourages mass commuting, and increases the divide between house inheritors and the poor.
  • (10) Meanwhile those Tory advisers who went into Whitehall turned out to be the real reformers and inheritors of the Thatcherite mantle.
  • (11) The inheritor of millions of rupees in property and trade, Shah – who will only speak to the Guardian on the condition that he is not named – laughs when he explains how he added significantly to his family corpus by speculating on land in Dholera.
  • (12) In many ways, the subprime mortgage crisis, which was explicitly and disproportionately destructive in communities of color, is a direct inheritor of the federally sanctioned redlining policies of the mid-20th century.
  • (13) In a patrilineal society, the underlying preference for a boy consists of an intrinsic desire to continue the family name and have a male inheritor (urban, 27.6% and 30.6%; rural, 27.4% and 30.4% respectively).
  • (14) The inheritors of their mantle are Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys, the authors of a 2003 album entitled Bon Rêve that was excitedly hailed by one writer as 'the Cajun Sgt Pepper '.
  • (15) Another is the rise of a militant new party that claims to be the true inheritor of the ANC's radical legacy.
  • (16) Now Paul, 50, is a senator and firmly established as the inheritor of his father's political movement.
  • (17) Even those of us who were not there at the time are inheritors of the shame."
  • (18) In some places, as you know, the person who loses an election gets exiled or executed, not asked to be secretary of state.” Clinton also sought to position herself as the natural inheritor of Obama’s historic achievement as the first African American president – harking all the way back to the “hot summer” of 1776 for inspiration.
  • (19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest What’s at stake in New Hampshire: a two-minute crash course Once again, the two sparred most of all over who deserved to be seen as Obama’s progressive inheritor.
  • (20) The ‘death tax’ Trump called for the repeal of the estate tax, a fine levied on wealthy inheritors that affects about 0.2% of all Americans , according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, as the tax exempts the first $5.45m a person inherits.

Successor


Definition:

  • (n.) One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Environmental campaigners had been apprehensive about the chances of the Senate ratifying a new international treaty – a successor to the Kyoto protocol – to combat global warming unless a consensus had already been reached on Capitol Hill.
  • (2) As luck would have it, the outgoing Bartlet and his successor, Matt Santos, are currently dealing with a foreign crisis, too.
  • (3) With Everton heading for a sixth-placed finish in the Premier League, the additional television revenue and prospect of further funds from Fellaini, the club are confident of appointing an "equally significant" successor to Moyes, according to the chairman, Bill Kenwright.
  • (4) The chances of Sam Allardyce becoming the next England manager have been enhanced by his willingness to help the Football Association to mentor a young assistant who would be groomed as his successor.
  • (5) Academisation and a school system on the brink | Letters Read more Perry Beeches has been a favourite of Cameron, as well as former education secretary Michael Gove and his successor Nicky Morgan .
  • (6) The current president of the supreme court, Lord Phillips, who steps down at the end of September, welcomed his successor, praising his "wealth of judicial experience" and "ability to lead a collegiate court".
  • (7) Others believe that, despite the fact that some of his closest lieutenants are among those indicted by US authorities, he planned to use the time until the new election to ease a favoured successor into the post.
  • (8) With the White House backing away and fellow Republicans openly considering successors, Mr Lott's hard-fought campaign to sit out the controversy appeared doomed.
  • (9) Arapahovius seems to have had no phylogenetic successors.
  • (10) He considers himself more of a tracksuit coach, despite seeing his influence with the younger age groups at St George’s Park diminished since Matt Crocker swapped Southampton for the FA to become head of player and coach development, but would be more than happy to be part of the body’s consultation process as they seek to identify Hodgson’s successor.
  • (11) 'Have a thick skin' – sex discrimination commissioner's advice to her successor Read more Labor said it was “a disgrace for women everywhere” that the government was delaying appointing a replacement for Elizabeth Broderick, the long-serving commissioner whose term expired four months ago.
  • (12) But the damage from the whole affair and inevitable scrutiny of her successor might just mean they take a more even-handed approach to the job.
  • (13) The constitution states that he will remain president until his successor is elected,” Kikaya said.
  • (14) The two reformists Mr Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have sought to portray themselves as the true heirs of the Islamic revolution's spiritual leader, the late Ayatollah Khomeini, but this tactic has since worn thin and Khomeini's successor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stepped up his drive to paint Mousavi and Karroubi as western-run heretics.
  • (15) Spain goes to the polls at the weekend to find a successor to the administration of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
  • (16) Also note chatter of Bernanke stepping down next week (6-weeks early), if successor Yellen gained full Senate approval, allowing her to chair the December FOMC meeting.
  • (17) The process to select his successor will be independent of government, but we will be keeping a close eye on the situation.
  • (18) It was in that period that Ronald Reagan lent official US recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organisation, making a move that would have been too costly for his successor, Bush the elder.
  • (19) Political conflict stemming from parliamentary disputes should be resolved within the legislative council.” Earlier this month, and just one day after Leung’s successor was elected in a controversial election, police announced they would charge nine people involved in the 2014 democracy protests.
  • (20) De Boer's successor's first tasks will be to keep the US aboard the negotiations and to clear up the vexed question of the legal status of the Copenhagen accord , the deal struck at Copenhagen by a small group but not endorsed by a majority of countries.