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Activated vs Triggered - What's the difference?

activated | triggered |

As verbs the difference between activated and triggered

is that activated is past tense of activate while triggered is past tense of trigger.

As an adjective triggered is

having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition.

activated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (activate)

    • Anagrams

    *

    activate

    English

    Verb

    (activat)
  • To put into action, to put to work.
  • To turn on.

    • Synonyms

    * actuate

    Antonyms

    * deactivate

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs

    triggered

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (trigger)