Condensed vs Shortened - What's the difference?
condensed | shortened | Related terms |
(condense)
The state of having been condensed; highly concentrated.
(shorten)
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
To become shorter.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
* Dryden
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
* Dryden
(nautical) To take in the slack of (a rope).
(nautical) To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
As verbs the difference between condensed and shortened
is that condensed is past tense of condense while shortened is past tense of shorten.As an adjective condensed
is the state of having been condensed; highly concentrated.condensed
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* compact, compressed, concentratedshortened
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*shorten
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(en verb)- York came round to our heads and shortened the rein himself, one hole I think; every little makes a difference, be it for better or worse, and that day we had a steep hill to go up.
- Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
- to shorten an allowance of food
- Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain.