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Bedeviled vs Blighted - What's the difference?

bedeviled | blighted |

As verbs the difference between bedeviled and blighted

is that bedeviled is (us) (bedevil) while blighted is (blight).

As an adjective blighted is

having suffered a blight.

bedeviled

English

Alternative forms

* (UK) bedevilled

Verb

(head)
  • (US) (bedevil)

    • bedevil

    English

    Verb

  • To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
    • Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.
  • To perplex or bewilder.

    • Usage notes

    * The spellings bedeviling'' and ''bedeviled'' are preferred in the US, while ''bedevilling'' and ''bedevilled are preferred in the UK. However, the choice of spellings is not universal.

    blighted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blight)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having suffered a blight
  • having caused to suffer a blight
  • ruined, spoiled

    • Derived terms

    * blighted ovum * unblighted

    See also

    * blight

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