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Beheld vs Behead - What's the difference?

beheld | behead |

As verbs the difference between beheld and behead

is that beheld is (behold) while behead is to remove the head; cut someone's head off.

beheld

English

Verb

(head)
  • (behold)
    • ----

    behold

    English

    Verb

  • To see, or to look at.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

    Usage notes

    Rarely used in informal speech. The past participle beholden now has a meaning detached from the other forms of the word.

    Synonyms

    * get a load of

    Derived terms

    * beholder ** eye of the beholder

    References

    * * English irregular verbs ----

    behead

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the head; cut someone's head off.

    • Synonyms

    * decapitate * decollate

    Derived terms

    * beheaded * beheading