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Preselection vs Preelection - What's the difference?

preselection | preelection |

As nouns the difference between preselection and preelection

is that preselection is the process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party while preelection is election beforehand.

As an adjective preelection is

before an election.

preselection

English

Noun

(-)
  • (politics) The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 17, author=Malcolm Farr and AAP, title=Former Opposition leader Brendan Nelson to quit politics, work=Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=The preselection in Mr Costello's Victorian seat of Higgins will start in April, when he will have to reveal whether he will stand for another term. }}
  • (chiefly, science) Selection in advance
  • * {{quote-journal, 2001, date=March 9, Christian M. T. Spahn et al., Hepatitis C Virus IRES RNA-Induced Changes in the Conformation of the 40S Ribosomal Subunit, Science citation
    • , passage=After automated particle preselection , manual verification, and selection by cross-correlation, 18,801 particles were chosen for the vacant 40S ''subunit, 20,939 particles for the IRES-40''S ''complex, and 13,613 particles for the IRES dII-40''S complex. }}

    Related terms

    * preselect

    See also

    * (wikipedia "preselection")

    preelection

    English

    Noun

  • election beforehand

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Before an election.
    • (Webster 1913)