Prepare vs. Arrange — What's the Difference?

To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion

Arrange is a mythological figure from the Australian aboriginal creation myth of the Alyawarre people for Karlu Karlu. In the myth, the figure Arrange, who is also referred to as the devil man, comes from Ayleparrarntenhe.

To put together or make by combining various elements or ingredients; manufacture or compound

To put into a specific order or relation; dispose

To fit out; equip

To plan or prepare for

(Music) To lead up to and soften (a dissonance or its impact) by means of preparation.

To bring about or come to an agreement concerning; settle

To make things or oneself ready

(Music) To adapt or rework (a composition) for other instruments or voices or as another style of performance.

(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.

To come to an agreement

(transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.

To cause something to happen or make plans for something to happen

(intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

(transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.

To plan; to prepare in advance.

(obsolete) preparation

To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson.

Rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement

To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment.

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion.

To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.

Put into a proper or systematic order;

Preparation.

Make arrangements for;

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;

Plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

Prepare for eating by applying heat;

Set (printed matter) into a specific format;

To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;

Arrange attractively;

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort;

Adapt for performance in a different way;

Prepare (someone) for a future role or function;

Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.;

Create by training and teaching;

Lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord;

Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession;