Carted vs Canted - What's the difference?
carted | canted |
(cart)
A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
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A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.
To carry goods.
To carry or convey in a cart.
(obsolete) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
* Prior
(video games, informal) A cartridge for a video game system.
(cant)
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
* (Philip Larkin), Vers de Société
As verbs the difference between carted and canted
is that carted is (cart) while canted is (cant).As an adjective canted is
having angles.carted
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * *cart
English
(wikipedia cart)Etymology 1
Probably from Old English .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cartwheel * dogcart * go-cart * golf cart * luggage cart * oxcart * pushcart * put the cart before the horse * shopping cartVerb
(en verb)- I've been carting these things around all day .
- She chuckled when a bawd was carted .
References
Etymology 2
Shortened from (cartridge).Noun
(en noun)- My ''Final Fantasy'' cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.
Anagrams
* *canted
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a-six canted bolt head
- a canted window
- 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