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Armed vs Harmed - What's the difference?

armed | harmed |

As verbs the difference between armed and harmed

is that armed is past tense of arm while harmed is past tense of harm.

As an adjective armed

is equipped, especially with a weapon.

armed

English

Etymology 1

See the verb .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (sometimes, in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
  • nuclear-armed
  • (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
  • (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
  • * De Foe
  • a distemper eminently armed from heaven
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (arm)
  • Etymology 2

    .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
  • Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.
  • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Anagrams

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    harmed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (harm)

  • harm

    English

    (wikipedia harm)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
  • * , chapter=13
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
  • That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
  • We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.
  • Derived terms

    * do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmed

    Anagrams

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