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Cantilevered vs Canted - What's the difference?

cantilevered | canted |

As verbs the difference between cantilevered and canted

is that cantilevered is past tense of cantilever while canted is past tense of cant.

As an adjective canted is

having angles.

cantilevered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cantilever)

    • cantilever

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cantilever) (en noun)
  • (architecture) A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.

    • Derived terms

    * cantileverage * cantilever bridge

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To project in the manner of a cantilever, or to project (something) by means of a cantilever
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 28, author=Nicolai Ouroussoff, title=Where Gods Yearn for Long-Lost Treasures, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Just above, the museums top floor seems to shift slightly, its corners cantilevering over the edge of the story below as if it is sliding off the top of the building. }}

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    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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