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Sentencing vs Presentencing - What's the difference?

sentencing | presentencing |

As adjectives the difference between sentencing and presentencing

is that sentencing is relating to a judicial sentence while presentencing is occurring before sentencing.

As a noun sentencing

is the act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.

As a verb sentencing

is present participle of lang=en.

sentencing

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Relating to a judicial sentence.
    • There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.
    • After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Following the sentencing , Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."}}
  • (colloquial) The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases.
    • He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.

    Verb

    (head)

    • presentencing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring before sentencing.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 15, author=, title=Did Anyone Ask About a Yacht?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Mr. Scrushy has been on presentencing release since a federal jury in Montgomery last year convicted him of bribing former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama.}}