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Previous and earlier than are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Previous" with "Earlier than", this terms are similar.

Previous adjective - Going before another in time or order.

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Earlier than and previous are semantically related in before topic. Sometimes you can use "Earlier than" instead an adjective "Previous".

Nearby Word: previously

While most of the skit showed Yanagin won over NAGO... it turned out Yanagin fell unconscious earlier than NAGO, Ikushima and Habara; what we saw for the previous pages were just her dream while she was unconscious.

Source: All Just a Dream
The game is set chronologically earlier than MWC, and Michael Wilson (well, his father at least) gets a Previous Player-Character Cameo as the player's boss.

Source: Video Game / Metal Wolf Chaos
Several important figures didn't tell him that his father was the Fourth Hokage, and his mother was the previous jinchuuriki, information that would have come in handy earlier than when it was actually revealed.

Source: Locked Out of the Loop

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