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Purview vs Preview - What's the difference?

purview | preview |

As nouns the difference between purview and preview

is that purview is the enacting part of a statute while preview is a foretaste of something.

As a verb preview is

to show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.

purview

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) The enacting part of a statute.
  • (legal) The scope of a statute.
  • Scope or range of interest or control.
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  • Range of understanding.
  • preview

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia preview) (en noun)
  • A foretaste of something.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].}}
  • (colloquial) An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
  • Something seen in advance.
  • Synonyms

    * forelook

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.