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Been vs Seen - What's the difference?

been | seen |

As nouns the difference between been and seen

is that been is leg or been can be bone as a material while seen is .

been

English

(wikipedia been)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) ybe (see y-).

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) were
    • Assembled been a senate grave and stout. — Fairfax.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) been, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (head)

    • See also

    * for forms of be

    Statistics

    *

    Anagrams

    *

    References

    Vaux, Bert and Scott Golder. 2003. The Harvard Dialect Survey: been. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Linguistics Department. English auxiliary verb forms English irregular past participles English terms with homophones ----

    seen

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dialectal) (see); saw.
    • I seen it with my own eyes.
    Antonyms
    * unseen

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The letter in the Arabic script.

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    Anagrams

    * English terms with homophones ----