Contrived vs Rehearsed - What's the difference?
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(rehearse)
To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
To narrate; to relate; to tell.
To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy .
To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
* Charles Dickens
Contrived is a related term of rehearsed.
As verbs the difference between contrived and rehearsed
is that contrived is (contrive) while rehearsed is (rehearse).As an adjective contrived
is unnatural, forced.rehearsed
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Verb
(head)rehearse
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Verb
(rehears)- There's no need to rehearse the same old argument; we've heard it before, and we all agree.
- The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.
- The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.
- The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.
- He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her.