Prevention vs Preemption - What's the difference?
prevention | preemption |
(obsolete) The act of going, or state of being, before.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) Anticipation; especially, anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks; hence, precaution; forethought.
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
* Shakespeare
The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
The purchase of public land by the occupant.
(computing) The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
(law) The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.
As nouns the difference between prevention and preemption
is that prevention is the act of going, or state of being, before while preemption is the purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.prevention
English
Noun
- The greater the distance, the greater the prevention .
- (Hammond)
- (Shakespeare)
- (South)
- Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention .
