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Coed vs Initiate - What's the difference?

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Coed is a related term of initiate.


As adjectives the difference between coed and initiate

is that coed is alternative spelling of while initiate is (obsolete) unpractised; untried; new.

As nouns the difference between coed and initiate

is that coed is alternative spelling of while initiate is a new member of an organization.

As a verb initiate is

to begin; to start.

coed

English

Adjective

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  • Alternative spelling of
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  • It was always one of the more awkward moments back in college when you would go into one of the (coed ) restrooms and there’d be a couple people clearly goin’ at it in the shower.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Alternative spelling of
  • Anagrams

    * * ----

    initiate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
  • * Shakespeare
  • the initiate fear that wants hard use
  • (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
  • * Young
  • To rise in science as in bliss, / Initiate in the secrets of the skies.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A new member of an organization.
  • One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
  • Verb

    (initiat)
  • To begin; to start.
  • * I. Taylor
  • How are changes of this sort to be initiated ?
  • To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
  • * Dr. H. More
  • Providence would only initiate mankind into the useful knowledge of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry.
  • * John Locke
  • To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough.
  • To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
  • * Bishop Warburton
  • The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honour after death.
  • * Spectator
  • He was initiated into half a dozen clubs before he was one and twenty.
  • To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
  • (Alexander Pope)

    Antonyms

    * (to begin) end, conclude, complete, finish