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Coted vs Coded - What's the difference?

coted | coded |

As verbs the difference between coted and coded

is that coted is (cote) while coded is (code).

As an adjective coded is

encoded, written in code or cipher.

coted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cote)

    • cote

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) cote, the feminine form of . Cognate to Dutch kot.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cottage or hut.
  • A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.
  • * Milton
    • Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes .
    Related terms
    * dovecote * sheepcote
    Synonyms
    * shed

    Etymology 2

    See quote.

    Verb

    (cot)
  • (obsolete) To quote.
    • (Udall)

    Etymology 3

    Probably related to (etyl) .

    Verb

    (cot)
  • To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.
    • A dog cotes a hare.
    (Drayton)
  • * Shakespeare
    • We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
  • * 1825 , , The Talisman , A. and C. Black (1868), 37:
    • [...]strength to pull down a bull——swiftness to cote an antelope.
    (Webster 1913)

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    coded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Encoded, written in code or cipher.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (code)