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Preempt vs Forstall - What's the difference?

preempt | forstall |

As verbs the difference between preempt and forstall

is that preempt is (nonstandard) while forstall is .

preempt

English

Alternative forms

* pre-empt *

Verb

(en verb)
  • to appropriate something (before someone else does)
  • to displace something, or take precedence over something
  • (bridge) to make a preemptive bid at bridge

    • Derived terms

    * preemptive * preemptor * preemptory

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    * English words with vowel pseudo-digraphs

    forstall

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)