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Cited vs Arrested - What's the difference?

cited | arrested |

As verbs the difference between cited and arrested

is that cited is (cite) while arrested is (arrest).

As an adjective arrested is

having been stopped or prevented from developing.

cited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cite)
  • Anagrams

    * edict ----

    cite

    English

    Verb

    (cit)
  • To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}
  • To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  • To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
  • Derived terms

    * citation

    See also

    * attest * quote

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A citation.
  • We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    arrested

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having been stopped or prevented from developing
  • Verb

    arrested
  • (arrest)
  • Anagrams

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