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Backed vs Packed - What's the difference?

backed | packed |

As verbs the difference between backed and packed

is that backed is past tense of back while packed is past tense of pack.

As adjectives the difference between backed and packed

is that backed is put on one's back; killed; rendered dead while packed is put into a package.

backed

English

Etymology 1

From (back) (verb)

Verb

(head)
  • (back)

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
    • He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed ; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.
  • (in combination) Having specified type of back.
    • a high-backed chair
    sway-backed
    red-backed shrike
  • (in combination) Having specified type of backing.
    • asset-backed securities

    Derived terms

    * asset-backed

    References

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    packed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pack)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Put into a package.
  • Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.
  • *, chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed , crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
  • (colloquial) Filled to capacity with people.

    • Related terms

    * packed lunch