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Coddled vs Cosseted - What's the difference?

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Cosseted is a synonym of coddled.



As verbs the difference between coddled and cosseted

is that coddled is past tense of coddle while cosseted is past tense of cosset.

As an adjective cosseted is

pampered.

coddled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (coddle)

    • coddle

    English

    (wikipedia coddle)

    Verb

    (coddl)
  • To treat gently or with great care.
  • * 1855 , (William Makepeace Thackeray), (The Newcomes) , chapter 10 “Ethel and her Relations” ( ebook):
    • How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas, walled up in inaccessible castles, with a tutor and a library, guarded by cordons of sentinels, sermoners, old aunts, old women from the world without, and have nevertheless escaped from all these guardians, and astonished the world by their extravagance and their frolics?
  • * Southey:
    • He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation.
  • To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
  • * 1697 , (William Dampier), A New Voyage Round the World , volume 1, page 222 of 1699 edition:
    • It [the guava fruit] bakes as well as a Pear, and it may be coddled , and it makes good Pies.
  • To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

    • Synonyms

    * (treat gently) cosset, pamper, posset, spoil * (cook slowly) simmer

    Derived terms

    * mollycoddle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions.

    • cosseted

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cossetted

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pampered
    • a cosseted childhood
    a cosseted elite
    cosseted and pampered
    they are a pampered, cossetted bunch
    ''They have been pampered, cosseted , doted upon, helmeted.
    Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure.
  • * 2014 , Nicola Woolcock, Private pupils are cosseted, says Gove wife.] , [[w:The Times, The Times] from 6 March 2014
    • Independent schools churn out teenagers who are cosseted , snobbish and unable to open a can of beans, Michael Gove’s wife has suggested.

    Usage notes

    The adjective cosseted is frequently written with two T’s: cossetted.

    Synonyms

    * spoiled * coddled

    Related terms

    * cosseting

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cosset)

    • Anagrams

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