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Abed vs Aged - What's the difference?

abed | aged |

As an adverb abed

is in bed, or on the bed; confined to bed .

As an adjective aged is

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abed

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616),(Twelfth Night), II, iii
    • Not to be abed after midnight
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1519647W “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days], chapter=Ep./4/2
    • , passage=The world was awake to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie long abed .}}
  • To childbed
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616), (Titus Andronicus), IV, ii
    • "I mean, she's brought a-bed "

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    aged

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Old.
  • Undergone the effects of time, improving as a result.

    • Alternative forms

    * (disyllabic only)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (uncountable) Old people, collectively.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (age)

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Having the age of. (primarily non-US)
    • Aged 18, he had no idea what would happen next.
  • * 1865 October 6, “ Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times :
    • John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.
  • * 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “ As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times :
    • Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.

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