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.
1 : the act of suspending : the state or period of being suspended: such asa : temporary removal (as from office or privileges)b : temporary withholding (as of belief or decision)c : temporary abrogation of a law or ruled (1) : the holding over of one or more musical tones of a chord into the following chord producing a momentary discord and ...