expire vs succeed

expire

verb
  • To come to an end; to conclude. 

  • To bring to a close; to terminate. 

  • To die. 

  • To lapse and become invalid. 

  • To exhale; to breathe out. 

  • To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles. 

succeed

verb
  • To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to). 

  • To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant. 

  • To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort. 

  • To follow something in sequence or time. 

  • To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general. 

  • To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to. 

  • To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to). 

  • To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to). 

  • To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title. 

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