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Augmented vs Abridged - What's the difference?

augmented | abridged |

As adjectives the difference between augmented and abridged

is that augmented is increased in number, amount or strength while abridged is cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

As verbs the difference between augmented and abridged

is that augmented is (augment) while abridged is (abridge).

augmented

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • increased in number, amount or strength.
  • (music) increased by a semitone.
  • Derived terms

    * augmented amicable pair * augmented assignment * augmented Backus-Naur form * augmented chord * augmented dodecahedron * augmented feedback * augmented fifth * augmented hexagonal prism * augmented matrix * augmented pentagonal prism * augmented polyhedron * augmented reality * augmented sixth * augmented sixth chord * augmented social network * augmented sphenocorona * augmented transition network * augmented triangular prism * augmented tridiminished isocahedron * augmented truncated cube * augmented truncated dodecahedron * augmented truncated tetrahedron * augmented Tchebycheff function

    Verb

    (head)
  • (augment)
  • abridged

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • cut or shortened, especially of a literary work
  • The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abridge)
  • Anagrams

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