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Prepend vs Propend - What's the difference?

prepend | propend |

As verbs the difference between prepend and propend

is that prepend is to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix while propend is to incline or lean.

prepend

English

Etymology 1

From pre-'' + ''(ap)pend , by analogy with append .

Verb

(en verb)
  • (computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.
  • Etymology 2

    From pre-'' + Latin ''pendere ‘weigh’.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.
  • See also

    * append * prefix

    Anagrams

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    propend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To incline or lean.
  • To be inclined; to have a propensity (to).
  • *1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
  • *:Yet that which is above all this, the favour and the love of heav'n we have great argument to think in a peculiar manner propitious and propending towards us.