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Papers vs Proceedings - What's the difference?

papers | proceedings |

As nouns the difference between papers and proceedings

is that papers is while proceedings is .

As a verb papers

is (paper).

papers

English

Noun

(head)
  • .
  • (plural only) Official documents or identification, as a passport.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Brian Hayes , title=Father of Fractals , volume=101, issue=1, page=62 , magazine= citation , passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers ; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
    He lost his papers while travelling and had a hard time getting home.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (paper)

    • Anagrams

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    proceedings

    English

    Usage notes

    The latter UK pronunciation is generally only used for distinguishing this word from (preceding)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • English plurals
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.}}
  • (legal, pluralonly) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. (convert into real quote) Blackstone.
  • The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.