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Temporary vs Scherm - What's the difference?

temporary | scherm |

As nouns the difference between temporary and scherm

is that temporary is one serving for a limited time; short-term employee while scherm is a temporary shelter made from branches.

As an adjective temporary

is not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.

temporary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
  • Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.

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    Noun

    (temporaries)
  • One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.

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    * temp

    scherm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A temporary shelter made from branches.
  • * 1885 , H. Rider Haggard, , Cassel and Company (1907), page 53:
    • ... [W]e went to work to build a "scherm " near one of the pools and about a hundred yards to the right of it. This is done by cutting a quantity of thorn bushes and piling them in the shape of a circular hedge. Then the space enclosed is smoothed, and dry tambouki grass, if obtainable, is made into a bed in the centre, and a fire or fires lighted.
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