Preclude vs Improvise - What's the difference?
preclude | improvise |
Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
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, author = Douglas Main
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, accessdate = 2013-09-30
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To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
As verbs the difference between preclude and improvise
is that preclude is remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l) while improvise is .preclude
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(preclud)- It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
- Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.
Derived terms
* precludable * preclusion * preclusive * preclusivelyimprovise
English
Verb
- He had no speech prepared, so he improvised .
- They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
- She improvised a lovely solo.