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Precautions vs Precautionary - What's the difference?

precautions | precautionary |

As nouns the difference between precautions and precautionary

is that precautions is while precautionary is (obsolete) a precaution.

As an adjective precautionary is

of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.

precautions

English

Noun

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    precautionary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution
    • The article 3.3 of the states the precautionary principle .

    Noun

    (precautionaries)
  • (obsolete) A precaution.
  • * 1748 , Samuel Richardson, Clarissa
    • Thou seest, Belford, by the above precautionaries , that I forget nothing.