I came across this work in my work, I am not sure which one to use for a screen menu in our application, "pre-booking" or "booking". This menu will allow users to book their work schedule in advance. Is there any difference between the two ?
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Welcome to ELU. Please show what your own research yields. What information does a dictionary give you about those words. Please have a look at the Help Center to find out more about posting good questions.– HelmarCommented Jul 24, 2016 at 10:02
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1Consider a similar construction: pre-order vs order. Pre-book should mean something like place on a queue before the organisers are properly ready to accept bookings, but in practice, pre-book is often used as a synonym for book, which already has the notion of in advance.– LawrenceCommented Jul 24, 2016 at 13:47
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1I've seen "pre-booking" used in a couple of ways. One is where there is a normal period during which reservation can be made. Pre-booking is used for reservations made before, and outside of, the normal process, often by special arrangements. Another refers to something that is closer to "calling dibs" on a preference, or reserving a specific booking option, but isn't binding.– fixer1234Commented Jun 28, 2017 at 19:37
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Related: what is the difference between "reservation" and "advance reservation"?.– jsw29Commented Apr 8 at 17:29
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Pre-booking specifically denotes that you have booked something in advance,
Book (something) in advance: a pre-booked hotel reservation (ODO)
whilst booking
Reserve accommodation for (someone): his secretary had booked him into the hotel (ODO)
merely connotes these meanings and booking would refer to the reservation more generally and not specifically the act of booking it beforehand
answered Jul 24, 2016 at 10:34
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What do you mean by 'motto' here? Can you rephrase the last line?– NVZ ♦Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 18:06
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@NVZ I'm not sure why the word 'motto' was in there, I can only think it was a typo Commented Jun 27, 2017 at 16:05
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2Booking the room in the second example necessarily precedes the actual stay in the room, just like the pre-booking in the first example. So there doesn't seem to be any real difference between the two cases.– jsw29Commented Apr 8 at 17:38
I am not sure which one to use [...] "pre-booking" or "booking". This menu will allow users to [pre-]book their work schedule in advance.
Pre-booking takes place before the item has a real existence. Essentially, pre-booking relies on a promise that the actual item will be available in the future.
Booking takes place when/after the item has a real existence.
"The show will open in December but pre-bookings are at a record level."
"Booking seats for the show, which opened a month ago, can be made through the agent."
It is the prefix "-pre" that causes this.
