2007-10-22 00:34:33 · 5 answers · asked by ajit n 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Silly Answer:
One is *before* the small body of water, and the other is *after* it.
Straight Answer:
I don't know of the word prepond, but the word preponderance has to do with an excessive weight or amount. Like a "preponderance of evidence" is a pile of proof too big to ignore. You may see the abbrevation 'prepond.' in some legal documents and texts.
I also don't know of the word postpond. It could be a misspelling of postpone (as in delay or defer). Or it may be a reference to a computer programming word, either postpond or postpend. I'm not sure what it means in programmer-ese, though. Thinking maybe something added on at the end? Like a PS (post script) we add on at the end of a letter or email?
Hope you get it figured out!
2007-10-22 00:54:18 · answer #1 · answered by Dinky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define Prepone
2016-12-16 19:32:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The words you have in mind could be: prepone and postpone. The former word is in use in some Asian countries and not elsewhere.
Prepone is to take to an earlier date/time than planned. The correct usage for this meaning should be the word 'advance' or 'advanced'.
Postpone is to put off to a later date/time. In a sense, these two words could be antonyms of each other, if prepone is accepted as a valid word.
The word prepone possibly arose from the suffix pre for before. If postpone means to put off, and post means afterward, then, goes the argument, prepone means to take to a previous time!
2007-10-22 02:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prepone Meaning
2016-10-03 08:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by brang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pre is before, post is after
2007-10-22 00:51:13 · answer #5 · answered by Always Hopeful 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋