Dampen vs Damped - What's the difference?
dampen | damped |
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
* The Century
* 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, ,
To become damp; to deaden.
(damp)
(of an extinguished fire) stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water
(physics, of a linear dynamic system) Possessing a nonzero damping ratio.
As verbs the difference between dampen and damped
is that dampen is to make damp or moist; to make slightly wet while damped is past tense of damp.As an adjective damped is
stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water.dampen
English
Verb
(en verb)- In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
- Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.