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Preparing vs Prepared - What's the difference?

preparing | prepared |

As verbs the difference between preparing and prepared

is that preparing is present participle of lang=en while prepared is past tense of prepare.

As a noun preparing

is preparation.

As an adjective prepared is

willing.

preparing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • preparation
  • * 1854 , The Ladies' Repository (volume 22, page 361)
    • It must be remembered that different methods are adopted in these preparings to produce the different kinds of yarn required for the different kinds of worsted fabrics which are manufactured

    prepared

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Willing.
    • The journalist interviewed an eye-witness who was not prepared to disclose his identity.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prepare)

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