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Attended vs Participated - What's the difference?

attended | participated |

As verbs the difference between attended and participated

is that attended is past tense of attend while participated is past tense of participate.

As an adjective attended

is that attends.

attended

English

Verb

(head)
  • (attend)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That attends
  • Derived terms

    * attendedness

    participated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (participate)

  • participate

    English

    Verb

    (participat)
  • To join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).
  • (obsolete) To share, share in (something).
  • * 1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , I:
  • they seldome feed together, lest they might participate one anothers impurity: each has his owne cup [...].
  • (obsolete) To share (something) (with) others; to transfer (something) (to) or (unto) others.
  • * 1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World , II:
  • Make the Earth [...] turn round its own axis in twenty four hours, and towards the same point with all the other Spheres; and without participating this same motion to any other Planet or Star.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Acting in common; participating.
  • * 1608 , , I. i. 101:
  • And, mutually participate , did minister / Unto the appetite and affection common / Of the whole body.