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Preact vs Preach - What's the difference?

preact | preach |

As verbs the difference between preact and preach

is that preact is to act or perform beforehand while preach is to give a sermon.

As a noun preach is

a religious discourse.

preact

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To act or perform beforehand.(Webster 1913)
  • preach

    English

    Verb

  • To give a sermon.
  • * , chapter=3, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
    A local Muslim used to preach from the Quran and hadith.
  • To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
  • * Bible, Isa. lxi. 1
    The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.
  • To advise or recommend earnestly.
  • * Shakespeare
    My master preaches patience to him.
  • To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
  • * Southey
    As ye are preached .
  • See also

    * praught

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A religious discourse.
    (Hooker)