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Canted vs Raked - What's the difference?

canted | raked |

As verbs the difference between canted and raked

is that canted is past tense of cant while raked is past tense of rake.

As adjectives the difference between canted and raked

is that canted is having angles while raked is sloping.

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)

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    raked

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sloping

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (rake)

    • Anagrams

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