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Born vs Killed - What's the difference?

born | killed |

As verbs the difference between born and killed

is that born is past participle of lang=en; given birth to while killed is past tense of kill.

As adjectives the difference between born and killed

is that born is well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth while killed is deoxidized.

As a noun born

is an alternative spelling of lang=en A stream.

born

English

(wikipedia born)

Etymology 1

From the verb (term).

Verb

(head)
  • ; given birth to.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
  • * 1942 , Storm Jameson, Then we shall hear singing: a fantasy in C major
    • I ought really to have called him my sergeant. He's a born' sergeant. That's as much as to say he's a ' born scoundrel.
    Derived terms
    * born in a barn * born leader * born loser * born killer * born-again * firstborn * highborn * low-born * newborn * stillborn * twice-born
    See also
    * borne

    Etymology 2

    Dialectal variant of (burn).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie) A stream.
    • References
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    Verb

  • (Geordie) With fire.
    • References
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    Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles 1000 English basic words ----

    killed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (kill)

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "killed")

    Derived terms

    * must have killed a Chinaman

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (metallurgy, of steel) deoxidized