Procedure vs Preparation - What's the difference?
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A particular method for performing a task.
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(label) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
* (Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)
(label) That which results; issue; product.
(label) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.
(label) A surgical operation.
(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
That which is prepared.
(countable) A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
As nouns the difference between procedure and preparation
is that procedure is procedure while preparation is preparation.procedure
English
(wikipedia procedure)Noun
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- Gracious procedures .
- (Bacon)
Synonyms
* (method) algorithm, method, process, routine * (set of established forms or methods of an organized body) protocol * (computing) function, routine, sub, subroutine, method (although some of these have slightly differing meanings in some programming languages) * (medicine) operationExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----preparation
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
- The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.