Checked vs Checkered - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between checked and checkered

is that checked is having a pattern of checks; checkered while checkered is divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.

is that checked is past tense of check while checkered is past tense of checker.

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(North America) Having a pattern of checks; checkered.

A checked tie.

(phonology) Of syllables, having a coda.

(phonology) Of consonants, glottalized.

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(check)

He checked his watch for the third time.

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(checker)

(en adjective)

Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.

That is a checkered tablecloth.

Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty.

I have a checkered past.