different between providing vs provisory

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???va?d??/
• Rhymes: -a?d??

Verb

providing

1. present participle of provide

Noun

providing (plural providings)

1. Something provided; a provision.
   • 1869, Justin Dewey Fulton, The true woman (page 108)

     […] the neglect of domestic duties, on the part of many wives, is, no doubt, attributable to the slovenly tenements, and inadequate providings, and careless neglect of the husbands.

English

Etymology

proviso +? -ory

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???va?z??i/
• Hyphenation: pro?vi?so?ry

Adjective

provisory (comparative more provisory, superlative most provisory)

1. Containing a proviso.

   The provisory clause effectively excluded his otherwise logical heirs from his main inheritance.

2. Dependent on a proviso or condition.

   A provisory guarantee is rather like blackmail.

3. Temporary; pending something more permanent.

Synonyms

• (relating to a proviso) conditional
• (pending something) provisional, temporary, transitory

Derived terms

• provisorily

Related terms

• provide, provided
• providing
• provident
• provider

Translations

Noun

provisory (plural provisories)

1. (philately) Synonym of provisional