What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Arranged vs Organized - What's the difference?

arranged | organized |

As verbs the difference between arranged and organized

is that arranged is (arrange) while organized is (organize).

As an adjective organized is

of a person, characterised by efficient organisation.

arranged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (arrange)

    • arrange

    English

    Verb

    (arrang)
  • To set up, to organize, especially in a positive manner.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].}}
  • To put in order, to organize.
  • To plan; to prepare in advance.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.}}
  • (label) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

    • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Derived terms

    * arrangement

    organized

    English

    Alternative forms

    * organised (British English)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a person, characterised by efficient organisation.
    • Your work desk is so neat and tidy - I've never met someone so organized before!

    Verb

    (head)
  • (organize)

    • Derived terms

    * organized crime