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Prepare vs Haymaker - What's the difference?

prepare | haymaker |

As a verb prepare

is .

As a noun haymaker is

(agriculture) a person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.

prepare

English

Verb

(prepar)
  • To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
  • * Bible, Psalms cvii. 36
    • that they may prepare a city for habitation
  • * Dryden
    • our souls, not yet prepared for upper light
  • To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
  • To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
  • To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.

    • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that can take a following verb in its to + infinitive form. See

    Synonyms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) preparation
  • * 1595 , , IV. i. 130:
    • Go levy men, and make prepare for war;

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    haymaker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (agriculture) A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.
  • *1853 , , The Heir of Redclyffe , ch. 7,
  • *:A long rank of haymakers —men and women—proceeded with their rakes, the white shirt-sleeves, straw bonnets, and ruddy faces, radiant in the bath of sunshine.
  • (informal, fisticuffs) A particularly powerful punch, especially one which knocks down an opponent, thrown like a scythe chop for cutting hay, as agricultural haymakers used to have strong arms.
  • *1997 , George Church, " Newt's Day of Deliverance," Time , 20 Jan.,
  • *:The saga of Newt Gingrich's ethics suddenly resembles a brawl between blindfolded boxers who flail away so wildly that each lands a haymaker on his own jaw.
  • (figuratively, by extension) Any decisive blow, shock, or forceful action.
  • *2007 , Shawn Tully, " Private equity: End of the golden age?," CNNMoney.com , 18 Jun. (retrieved 10 Sep. 2008),
  • *:The real potential haymaker for the industry is a proposal, now gaining support in Congress, that would tax the profits private equity reaps on selling companies not at the low cap gains rate, but at the regular income tax rate.

    • References

    *" haymaker" at OneLook® Dictionary Search .