Preparatory vs Proprietary - What's the difference?
preparatory | proprietary |
of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative
Of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights .
Of or relating to the quality of being an owner, as the proprietary class .
Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
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Privately owned, as a proprietary lake .
(of a, person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
A proprietor or owner.
A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
As adjectives the difference between preparatory and proprietary
is that preparatory is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative while proprietary is of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights.As a noun proprietary is
a proprietor or owner.preparatory
English
Adjective
(-)- I will conduct some preparatory research before choosing the new restaurant's location.
Derived terms
*preparatory school *preparatorilyproprietary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.
Noun
(proprietaries)- (Fuller)