different between preparation vs seasoning

English

Alternative forms

• præparation (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préparation, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem.Morphologically prepare +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??p???e???n/
• Hyphenation: prep?a?ra?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

preparation (countable and uncountable, plural preparations)

1. (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
2. (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
3. (countable) That which is prepared.
   1. A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

      The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.

   2. (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
   3. (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
4. (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
5. Devotional exercises introducing an office.
6. (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

Related terms

• prepare

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• paraprotein

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?e.pa.?a?tsjon/

Noun

preparation (plural preparationes)

1. preparation

English

Etymology 1

From season +? -ing.

Noun

seasoning (countable and uncountable, plural seasonings)

1. (cooking) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Anything added to increase enjoyment.
3. A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.
4. (archaic) An alcoholic intoxication.

   Some of our gentlemen officers, happening to stop at a tavern, or rather a sort of grogshop, took such a seasoning that two or three of them became “quite frisky.”

5. In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.

Synonyms

• (intoxication): drunkenness

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:seasoning

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English seasonyng, present participle of Middle English sesounen (“to season”), equivalent to season +? -ing.

Verb

seasoning

1. present participle of season

Anagrams

• snogaines