Approved vs Approval - What's the difference?
approved | approval |
An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing or event meets requirements.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
(especially, philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match his stated interests; he can approve of or return the item.
As an adjective approved
is having received approval.As a verb approved
is past tense of approve.As a noun approval is
an expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.approval
English
Noun
(en noun)- I need to get an approval on this purchase order.
- Words of approval never seem to come from him.