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Prep vs Homework - What's the difference?

prep | homework |

As an initialism prep

is (emergency medicine) initialism of pre-exposure prophylaxis .

As a noun homework is

work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.

prep

English

Noun

  • (countable) Preparation.
  • (informal, countable) A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy.
  • (British, uncountable) Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.
  • Verb

    (prepp)
  • (informal) To prepare.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    homework

    Noun

    (-)
  • Work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.
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  • Preliminary or preparatory work, such as research.
  • Usage notes

    The term is generally used to refer to primary or secondary school assignments as opposed to college-level coursework.

    See also

    * busy work * schoolwork