Classified vs Characterized - What's the difference?
classified | characterized |
(classify)
Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.
(informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.
(characterize)
to depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)
to determine the characteristics of
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, chapter=Glossary of Coastal Terminology
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, year=1998
As verbs the difference between classified and characterized
is that classified is past tense of classify while characterized is past tense of characterize.As an adjective classified
is formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.As a noun classified
is a classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.classified
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)- Make sure all the field observations are classified by species.
Adjective
(classified information) (en adjective)- We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information.
- I won't say who I'm going to the prom with; that's classified .
Etymology 2
(Classified advertising) From , by shortening.Noun
(en noun)- He ran a classified for the tools he wanted to sell.
characterized
English
Verb
(head)characterize
English
(Characterization)Alternative forms
* characteriseVerb
(characteriz)citation