The difference between Follow and Precede
When used as nouns, follow means in billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it, whereas precede means brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay).
When used as verbs, follow means to go after, whereas precede means to go before, go in front of.
check bellow for the other definitions of Follow and Precede
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
Examples:
"'Follow that car!"
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To go or come after in a sequence.
Examples:
"B follows A in the alphabet."
"We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
Examples:
"'Follow these instructions to the letter."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To understand, to pay attention to.
Examples:
"Do you follow me?"
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
Examples:
"I followed the incumbent throughout the election."
"My friends don't regularly follow the news."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To be a logical consequence of.
Examples:
"It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other."
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Follow as a verb (transitive):
To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
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Follow as a noun (sometimes, attributive):
In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
Examples:
"a follow shot"
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Follow as a noun (internet):
The act of following another user's online activity.
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Precede as a verb (transitive):
To go before, go in front of.
Examples:
"Cultural genocide precedes physical genocide."
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Precede as a verb (transitive):
To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce.
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Precede as a verb (transitive):
To have higher rank than (someone or something else).
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Precede as a noun:
Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)