Curtailed vs Potted - What's the difference?
curtailed | potted |
(curtail)
(obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
(figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
* Macaulay
(pot)
(derogatory, informal) Prepared in advance, as though preserved by potting.
As verbs the difference between curtailed and potted
is that curtailed is (curtail) while potted is (pot).As an adjective potted is
(derogatory|informal) prepared in advance, as though preserved by potting.curtailed
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Verb
(head)curtail
English
Verb
(en verb)- ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
- When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
- Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.
- Our incomes have been curtailed ; his salary has been doubled.
Synonyms
* (animal's tail) crop, dock * shorten * behedge, control, limit, restrainDerived terms
* curtailer * curtailmentAnagrams
*potted
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- The company released a potted statement.