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Prep vs Pre - What's the difference?

prep | pre |

As an initialism prep

is (emergency medicine) initialism of pre-exposure prophylaxis .

As a preposition pre is

before (something significant).

As a noun pre is

(slang) precum, cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate.

As a verb pre is

(slang) to precum, to pre-ejaculate.

prep

English

Noun

  • (countable) Preparation.
  • (informal, countable) A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy.
  • (British, uncountable) Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.

    • Verb

    (prepp)
  • (informal) To prepare.

    • Anagrams

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    pre

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , see (pre-)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Before (something significant).
    • Quotations
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    Etymology 2

    Abbreviated from (precum).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang) Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate.

    • Verb

  • (slang) To precum, to pre-ejaculate.

    • Anagrams

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