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Brided vs Bridged - What's the difference?

brided | bridged |

As verbs the difference between brided and bridged

is that brided is past tense of bride while bridged is past tense of bridge.

As an adjective bridged is

equipped with a bridge (in many contexts.

brided

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bride)

    • bride

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
  • * Bible, (w) xxi. 9
    • I will show thee the bride , the Lamb's wife.
  • * (1709-1773)
    • Has by his own experience tried / How much the wife is dearer than the bride .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
  • An object ardently loved.
    • Derived terms
    * bridezilla * bride-to-be
    Coordinate terms
    * bridegroom * groom
    Derived terms
    * * bridal * bride gift * bridegroom * bridezilla * bridely * bride price * bridesmaid * bride-to-be * bride wealth * off like a bride's nightie * war bride * would-be bride
    See also
    * husband-to-be * wife-to-be

    Verb

    (brid)
  • (obsolete) To make a bride of.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    bridged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bridge)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Equipped with a bridge (in many contexts)