Preventive or Preventative?

Even if you’re not a wordsmith (writer) or – forgive my coinage –wordsmithy (hammers out words), perhaps you’ve noticed that we at No Worry Home prefer preventive to preventative in describing what we’re all about. So, let’s confirm here that there is no difference between these two words. Both were coined in the 1600’s and are used interchangeably by English speakers and writers to mean “to stop something bad from happening.”

That said, there are some words that mean the same thing where the extra syllable carries a bit more heft. For example, representative sounds more serious than representive, in describing our form of democracy. Which adjective would you choose: argumentative or argumentive?

We could go on but why? Says Merriam-Webster with a twinkle in its eye: The question of which one you should choose (preventive vs. preventative) depends much on your appetite for nit-pickery.

Either way, you can be sure that No Worry Home is focused on the details that keep your home running worry-free. To learn more about what we do, reach out via https://noworryhome.com/contact-us/