A productive cough brings up sputum from the respiratory tract; this process helps speed recovery from inflammation of the airways and lungs. A nonproductive cough is dry and scratchy, raises no sputum, and is typically a response to allergies or medication.
The adjective temporary is used to describe something that isn't permanent or lasts only a short time. Its roots are in the Latin word tempus, meaning time or season.. An employee who isn't a permanent addition to the staff is temporary and in this use, the word is often shortened to temp.
[Latin, In the meantime: temporary; between.] An interim dean of a law school, for example, is an individual who is appointed to fill the office of dean during a temporary vacancy or a period during which the regular dean is absent due to an illness or disability. interim. INTERIM. In the mean time; in the meanwhile.