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Making vs Preparation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between making and preparation

is that making is the act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction while preparation is the act of preparing or getting ready.

As a verb making

is present participle of lang=en.

making

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) making, from (etyl) , (etyl) machunga.

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
  • Process of growth or development.
  • ''As a child he didn’t seem like a genius in the making .

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • Soon (30 years?) we'll be making complete DNA and life in reverse, growing food that only reversed creatures cn eat. - Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - fa.human-nets, 10 May 1981 09:16-EDT, Robert Elton Maas

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    preparation

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    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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