pretreat

As verbs the difference between pretreat and preprocessing

is that pretreat is to give something a treatment prior to another operation while preprocessing is .

As verbs the difference between pretreat and preprocess

is that pretreat is to give something a treatment prior to another operation while preprocess is (computing) to process in advance.

As verbs the difference between retreat and pretreat

is that retreat is to withdraw military forces while pretreat is to give something a treatment prior to another operation.

As a noun retreat

is the act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a verb pretreat is

to give something a treatment prior to another operation.