The difference between Outlive and Predecease
When used as verbs, outlive means to live longer than, whereas predecease means to die sooner than.
Predecease is also noun with the meaning: the death of one person or thing before another.
check bellow for the other definitions of Outlive and Predecease
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Outlive as a verb (transitive):
To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
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Outlive as a verb (transitive):
To live through or past (a given time).
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Outlive as a verb (transitive):
To surpass in duration; outlast.
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Outlive as a verb (intransitive):
To live longer; continue to live.
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Predecease as a noun:
The death of one person or thing before another.
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Predecease as a verb (transitive):
To die sooner than.
Examples:
"Husbands usually predecease their wives."