Cheated vs Cleated - What's the difference?
cheated | cleated |
As if having been deceived.
(cheat)
(cleat)
A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
* 1851 ,
A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
(nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction. (See cleats.)
To strengthen with a cleat.
(nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat
As verbs the difference between cheated and cleated
is that cheated is (cheat) while cleated is (cleat).As an adjective cheated
is as if having been deceived.cheated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The people feel cheated by the government's decision.
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*cleated
English
Verb
(head)cleat
English
Noun
(en noun)- [...] the people of that island erected lofty spars along the seacoast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of nailed cleats , something as fowls go upstairs in a hen-house.