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Prequalify vs Requalify - What's the difference?

prequalify | requalify |

As an adjective prequalify

is to qualify or be qualified in advance.

As a verb requalify is

to qualify again; to renew a qualification.

prequalify

English

Adjective

  • To qualify or be qualified in advance
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 18, Marcelle S. Fischler, A Windfall for (Some) Buyers, New York Times, url=
    • , passage=Applicants receive debt and mortgage counseling, and are prequalified for mortgages. }}

    Derived terms

    *prequalification

    requalify

    English

    Verb

  • To qualify again; to renew a qualification.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 27, author=Joe Sharkey, title=One Holiday Down, More Headaches to Go, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Furthermore, she was told at the airport, she would not earn elite-status qualifying miles for the trip, which she had been counting on to hit the 25,000-mile minimum requirement to requalify for next year.}}