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Cultivated vs Ploughed - What's the difference?

cultivated | ploughed |

As verbs the difference between cultivated and ploughed

is that cultivated is (cultivate) while ploughed is (plough).

As adjectives the difference between cultivated and ploughed

is that cultivated is (of a person) cultured, refined, educated while ploughed is turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops).

cultivated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cultivate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) cultured, refined, educated
  • (of a plant) grown by cultivation (not wild)
  • (of land) farmed

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    ploughed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * plowed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (plough)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Turned over with the blade of a plough to create furrows (usually for planting crops).
  • (figuratively, rare) Well-trodden or well-researched, previously explored.
    • British English forms