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Committed vs Institutionalized - What's the difference?

committed | institutionalized |

As verbs the difference between committed and institutionalized

is that committed is (commit) while institutionalized is (institutionalize).

As adjectives the difference between committed and institutionalized

is that committed is obligated by a pledge to some course of action while institutionalized is of or relating to something that has been established as an institution.

committed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (commit)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obligated by a pledge to some course of action.
  • showing commitment.
  • Associated in an exclusive (but not necessarily permanent) sexual relationship.
  • (rhetoric) Required by logic to endorse the conclusion of an argument.

    • institutionalized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (institutionalize)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to something that has been established as an institution
    • It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices.
  • of or relating to someone who has been committed to an institution, such as a prison or an insane asylum
    • Once a potential employer learns that you've been institutionalized , you can forget about getting the job.