Evaporated vs Excused - What's the difference?
evaporated | excused |
(evaporate)
to transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state
to expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion
to give vent to; to dissipate
* Sir H. Wotton
(figuratively) to disappear; to escape or pass off without effect
* Francis Bacon
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(excuse)
To forgive; to pardon.
* Shakespeare
* Archbishop Sharp
To allow to leave.
To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
* Bible, 2. Corinthians xii. 19
An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment.
(legal) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
An example.(attention)
As verbs the difference between evaporated and excused
is that evaporated is (evaporate) while excused is (excuse).evaporated
English
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* evaporated milkevaporate
English
Verb
(evaporat)- to evaporate apples
- My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet.
- To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate is a safe way.
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excused
English
Verb
(head)excuse
English
Verb
(excus)- I excused him his transgressions.
- I must excuse what cannot be amended.
- A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practising it, if really and indeed it be against God's law.
- May I be excused from the table?
- I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.
- You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!
- Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you?
Synonyms
* forgive, let off the hook, let pass, pardon, unguiltDerived terms
* excuse me * excuse my FrenchNoun
(en noun)- Tell me why you were late – and I don't want to hear any excuses !
- That thing is a poor excuse for a gingerbread man. Hasn't anyone taught you how to bake?
- He's a sorry excuse of a doctor.
