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Anticipation vs Preparation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between anticipation and preparation

is that anticipation is the act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order while preparation is the act of preparing or getting ready.

anticipation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery.
  • The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
  • * Thodey
  • The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just.
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
  • (rhetoric) Prolepsis.
  • (music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
  • (obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
  • * (John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds.

    Synonyms

    * expectingness

    References

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    preparation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
  • That which is prepared.
  • (countable) A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
  • The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.

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