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Checked vs Inspected - What's the difference?

checked | inspected |

As verbs the difference between checked and inspected

is that checked is past tense of check while inspected is past tense of inspect.

As an adjective checked

is having a pattern of checks; checkered.

checked

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (North America) Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
    • A checked tie.
  • (phonology) Of syllables, having a coda.
  • (phonology) Of consonants, glottalized.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (check)
    • He checked his watch for the third time.

    inspected

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inspect)

    • inspect

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enspect

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
  • To view and examine officially.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}

    Derived terms

    * inspector * inspection

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