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Appointed vs Designed - What's the difference?

appointed | designed |

As verbs the difference between appointed and designed

is that appointed is past tense of appoint while designed is past tense of design.

As an adjective designed is

created according to a design.

appointed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (appoint).
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    designed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (design)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • created according to a design

    • Derived terms

    * designedly