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Arched vs Stooped - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between arched and stooped

is that arched is curved while stooped is in a bent bodily position, hunched.

As verbs the difference between arched and stooped

is that arched is past tense of arch (to curve while stooped is past tense of stoop.

arched

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Curved.
    • His arched back ached from the constant strain.
  • *
    • The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (arch) (to curve)
  • To have made curved.
    • He arched his back into a half-moon curve trying to get the stiffness out.

    stooped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stoop)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • in a bent bodily position, hunched
  • * {{quote-book
    • , passage=He still looks wonderfully young, despite his awkward, shuffling, slinking walk, and his stooped shoulders. , page=121 , title=Beaconsfield: In Society - in Parliament - in Literature , author=George Makepeace Towle , publisher=Appleton , year=1901}}

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