terms |
preliminatory |
As a noun terms
is .
As an adjective preliminatory is
(nonstandard) preliminary.
preliminary |
preliminatory |
As adjectives the difference between preliminary and preliminatory
is that
preliminary is in preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory while
preliminatory is (nonstandard) preliminary.
As a noun preliminary
is a preparation for a main matter; an introduction.