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Boxed vs Bored - What's the difference?

boxed | bored |

As verbs the difference between boxed and bored

is that boxed is (box) while bored is (bore).

As adjectives the difference between boxed and bored

is that boxed is packed into a box or boxes while bored is suffering from boredom.

boxed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (box)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Packed into a box or boxes.
    • The books are boxed , ready for shipping.
  • In bridge and other card games if the cards in a pack are reversed face-up and face-down then the pack is said to be boxed.

    • Derived terms

    * boxed set * boxed shutters

    Synonyms

    * boxed up * packaged * packed

    bored

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bore)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • suffering from boredom
  • uninterested, without attention
    • The piano teacher's bored look betrayed he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's boringly stereotype rendition of the brilliantly composed etudes
  • perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)

    • Related terms

    * bore * boredom * boring

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