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Implement vs Preform - What's the difference?

implement | preform |

As nouns the difference between implement and preform

is that implement is a tool or instrument for working with while preform is an object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.

As verbs the difference between implement and preform

is that implement is to bring about; to put into practice while preform is to shape something before some other operation.

implement

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tool or instrument for working with.
  • They carried an assortment of gardening implements in the truck.
  • * 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 234:
  • A man dreamt as follows: He saw two boys struggling—barrel-maker’s boys, to judge by the implements lying around.
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    Etymology 2

    From Scottish English or (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to bring about; to put into practice
  • It’s a good thought, but it will be a difficult thing to implement .
  • to carry out; to do
  • Usage notes
    * Objects: plan, programme, strategy, policy, agreement, order, specification, etc.
    Derived terms
    * implementable * implementation * implementer

    preform

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
  • (archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
  • (linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
  • Verb

  • To shape something before some other operation.
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