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Currency vs Depreciated - What's the difference?

currency | depreciated |

As a noun currency

is money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

As a verb depreciated is

(depreciate); reduced in value over time.

currency

English

(wikipedia currency)

Noun

  • Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
    • Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians.
  • Paper money.
  • * 1943 , (William Saroyan), , chapter 3,
    • Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.
  • The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.
    • The jargon’s currency .
  • (obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance
  • (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
    • He takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency , and not after intrinsic value. — Francis Bacon.
    The bare name of Englishman too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. — W. Irving.

    Derived terms

    * (economics) fiat currency, closed currency, metacurrency

    See also

    *

    depreciated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (depreciate); reduced in value over time.
  • * 2006:' ''The World Factbook'' -- The currency ' depreciated sharply in 2001 and 2002, which contributed to a dramatic current account adjustment; in 2003 to 2005, Brazil ran record trade surpluses and recorded its first current account surpluses since 1992. [http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html]

    • Usage notes

    This verb form is often used mistakenly for deprecated. * 2001:' ''Java&tm; 2 SDK, Standard Edition Documentation, Version 1.3.1'' -- "Deprecated" and "'''depreciated'''" are not same. "'''Depreciated'''" is a financial term that means "lowered value". Although the meanings are similar, classes and methods are deprecated, not ' depreciated . [http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/misc/deprecation/deprecation.html]