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Prescribed vs Provided - What's the difference?

prescribed | provided |

As verbs the difference between prescribed and provided

is that prescribed is (prescribe) while provided is (provide).

As a conjunction provided is

only if (the stipulation that follows is true).

prescribed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (prescribe)

    • prescribe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Usage notes

    * The pronunciation with the stressed first syllable is normally used only when added distinction from (proscribe) is required.

    Verb

    (prescrib)
  • To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient.
    • The doctor prescribed aspirin.
  • To specify as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Prescribe not us our duties.
  • * Dryden
    • Let streams prescribe their fountains where to run.

    Related terms

    * prescription * prescriptive * prescriptivism * prescriptivist

    See also

    * proscribe English transitive verbs ----

    provided

    English

    Conjunction

    (head) (also provided that )
  • Only if (the stipulation that follows is true).
    • You can go to the party provided you finish all your homework first.

    Synonyms

    * on condition that * only if * provided that * providing * as long as

    Verb

    (head)
  • (provide)

    • Statistics

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