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Aped vs Awed - What's the difference?

aped | awed |

As verbs the difference between aped and awed

is that aped is (ape) while awed is (awe).

As an adjective awed is

filled with awe.

aped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ape)

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    ape

    English

    (wikipedia ape)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
  • Any such primate other than a human.
  • (derogatory) An uncivilised person.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked ape

    Verb

    (ap)
  • To behave like an ape.
  • To imitate; mimic.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 454,
    • It is not conceived as a mere “aping ” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Wild; crazy.
    • We were ape over the new look.
    He went ape when he heard the bad news.

    See also

    * monkey * troop (collective noun) *

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    awed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (awe)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Filled with awe.
  • Having or showing awe.

    • Synonyms

    * (filled with awe) thunderstruck; awestruck, awestricken

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