Preparation vs Spadework - What's the difference?
preparation | spadework |
(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
That which is prepared.
(countable) A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
Work done by digging with a spade.
(figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else.
* There's a lot of spadework to be done before the scheme can be implemented.
* {{quote-book
, year=1960
, author=
, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VIII
, passage=Removing a portion of chair which had got entangled in my back hair, I said with a candour that became me well: “I was looking for a mouse.” If she had replied, “Ah, yes, indeed. I understand now. A mouse, to be sure. Quite,” everything would have been nice and smooth, but she didn't. “A mouse?” she said. “What do you mean?” Well, of course, if she didn't know what a mouse was, there was evidently a good deal of tedious spadework before us, and one would scarcely have known where to start.}}
As nouns the difference between preparation and spadework
is that preparation is the act of preparing or getting ready while spadework is work done by digging with a spade.preparation
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* (archaic)Noun
- The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.
