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Built vs Created - What's the difference?

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Built is a related term of created.


As verbs the difference between built and created

is that built is (build) while created is .

As an adjective built

is (informal) well-built.

As a noun built

is (obsolete) shape; build; form of structure.

built

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (informal) well-built
  • Derived terms

    * built like a brick shithouse * built like a tank * well-built

    Verb

    (head)
  • (build)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Shape; build; form of structure.
  • the built of a ship
  • * 1764 , , Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense :
  • The sailor sees the burthen, the built , and the distance of a ship at sea, while she is a great way off.

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    created

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (create)
  • Anagrams

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    create

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (creat)
  • To put into existence.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author= , volume=100, issue=2, page=171, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Well-connected Brains , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
  • To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content",
  • To be creative, imaginative.
  • To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace.
  • To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or restored for the incumbent.
  • To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre?existent title (notably a church in Rome).
  • Synonyms

    * (to put into existence) generate * invent

    Antonyms

    * (to put into existence) annihilate, extinguish * imitate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Hearts create of duty and zeal.

    Anagrams

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