Temporary vs. Preliminary
Difference Between Temporary and Preliminary
Temporary➦
Lasting, used, serving, or enjoyed for a limited time.
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Preliminary➦
Prior to or preparing for the main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory.
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Temporary➦
One that serves for a limited time
an office staffed by temporaries.
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Preliminary➦
A contest to determine the finalists in a competition.
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Temporary➦
Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.
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Preliminary➦
An event that precedes the main event, especially in boxing or wrestling.
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Temporary➦
Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.
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Preliminary➦
An academic examination taken before a longer, more complex, or more important examination.
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Temporary➦
One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.
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Preliminary➦
An introductory remark made before a speech, presentation, or meeting.
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Temporary➦
(programming) A short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.
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Preliminary➦
In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.
These are just the preliminary results.
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Temporary➦
Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.
Temporary government of the city.
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Preliminary➦
A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
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Temporary➦
not permanent; not lasting;
politics is an impermanent factor of life
impermanent palm cottages
a temperary arrangement
temporary housing
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Preliminary➦
Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists
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Temporary➦
lacking continuity or regularity;
an irregular worker
employed on a temporary basis
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Preliminary➦
A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing
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Preliminary➦
Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.
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Preliminary➦
That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college.
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Preliminary➦
a minor match preceding the main event
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Preliminary➦
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;
training is a necessary preliminary to employment
drinks were the overture to dinner
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Preliminary➦
designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding;
a preliminary investigation
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