Prerequisite vs Prelude - What's the difference?
prerequisite | prelude |
Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.
Something that must be gained in order to gain something else
In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq .
An introductory or preliminary performance or event; a preface.
(music) A short piece of music that acts as an introduction to a longer piece.
To introduce something, as a prelude.
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
* Sir Walter Scott
* Jeffrey
As an adjective prerequisite
is required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.As a noun prerequisite
is something that must be gained in order to gain something else.As a verb prelude is
.prerequisite
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Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- Having a decent qualification is a prerequisite to getting a good job in marketing.
- Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics .
prelude
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(prelud)- The musicians preluded on their instruments.
- We are preluding too largely, and must come at once to the point.