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Agreed vs Relented - What's the difference?

agreed | relented |

As verbs the difference between agreed and relented

is that agreed is (agree) while relented is (relent).

As an adjective agreed

is in harmony.

As an interjection agreed

is indicates agreement on the part of the speaker.

agreed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (agree)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In harmony.
    • We are much more agreed on goals than on methods.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Indicates agreement on the part of the speaker.
    • ''Totally agreed !

    Anagrams

    * English responses

    relented

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (relent)

    • relent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Stay; stop; delay.

    • Derived terms

    * relentless

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.
    • He relented of his plan to murder his opponent, and decided just to teach him a lesson instead.
    I did, I suppose, hope that she might finally relent a little and make some conciliatory response or other. (from "The Remains of the Day"? by Kazuo Ishiguro)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Can you behold / My sighs and tears, and will not once relent ?
  • To slacken; to abate.
    • We waited for the storm to relent before we ventured outside.
    He will not relent in his effort to reclaim his victory.
  • (obsolete) To lessen, make less severe or fast.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iv:
    • But nothing might relent her hastie flight; / So deepe the deadly feare of that foule swaine / Was earst impressed in her gentle spright [...].
  • (dated) To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
  • * Boyle
    • [Salt of tartar] placed in a cellar will begin to relent .
  • * Alexander Pope
    • When opening buds salute the welcome day, / And earth, relenting , feels the genial ray.