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Bespoken vs Bespoke - What's the difference?

bespoken | bespoke |

As verbs the difference between bespoken and bespoke

is that bespoken is past participle of lang=en while bespoke is past tense of bespeak.

As adjectives the difference between bespoken and bespoke

is that bespoken is betrothed or engaged to be married while bespoke is individually or custom made.

bespoken

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • betrothed or engaged to be married
    • English adjectives ending in -en

    bespoke

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (bespeak)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Individually or custom made.
  • :* {{quote-web, date=2012-08-01
    • , year= , first= , last= , author=Ed Yong , authorlink= , title=Replacement Parts , site=The Scientist citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-08-12 , passage=… others are attempting the more ambitious feat of engineering bespoke human organs from scratch. }}
  • :* {{quote-web, date=2001-10
    • , year= , first= , last= , author=Robin Osborne , authorlink= , title=Why Did Athenian Pots Appeal to the Etruscans? , site=JSTOR citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-04-25 , passage=Were Athenian pots bespoke , bearing images requested by Etruscans? }}
  • Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.

    • Usage notes

    Primarily used for tailoring, now also used more generally, as fancier term for (m), notably for software, as in a “bespoke solution”.

    Synonyms

    * See also: * custom * custom made * purpose built * specially designed * tailored

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