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Appointed vs Minted - What's the difference?

appointed | minted |

As verbs the difference between appointed and minted

is that appointed is past tense of appoint while minted is past tense of mint.

As an adjective minted is

made into coinage; coined.

appointed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (appoint).
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    minted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mint)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • made into coinage; coined
  • (chiefly, British, slang) wealthy