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Canted vs Casted - What's the difference?

canted | casted |

As verbs the difference between canted and casted

is that canted is (cant) while casted is (nonstandard) (cast).

As adjectives the difference between canted and casted

is that canted is having angles while casted is (medicine) set in a cast or casted can be having membership in a caste.

canted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cant)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having angles.
    • a-six canted bolt head
    a canted window
  • Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
  • * (Philip Larkin), Vers de Société
    • I could spend half my evenings, if I wanted, / Holding a glass of washing sherry, canted / Over to catch the drivel of some bitch / Who's read nothing but Which

    Derived terms

    * canted column (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    casted

    English

    Etymology 1

    See (cast)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) (cast)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine) Set in a cast.
  • * 2000 , Delores Christina Schoen, Adult orthopaedic nursing (page 141)
    • Use pillows under the casted leg to prevent flat spots and underlying pressure areas, especially on the heel and the posterior portion of the cast.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having membership in a caste.

    • Anagrams

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