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Decided vs Intended - What's the difference?

decided | intended |

As verbs the difference between decided and intended

is that decided is (decide) while intended is (intend).

As adjectives the difference between decided and intended

is that decided is determined; resolute while intended is planned.

As a noun intended is

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decided

English

Verb

(head)
  • (decide)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • determined; resolute

    • Antonyms

    * undecided

    intended

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Planned.
  • * 2002', United States General Accounting Office, ''Report to congressional committees: Foreign assistance'' read at on 14 May 2006 - Funds were spent for ' intended purposes and not misused.
  • (obsolete) Made tense; stretched out; extended; forcible; violent.
    • (Spenser)

    Antonyms

    * unintended

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • *1899 ,
  • *:His mother had died lately, watched over, as I was told, by his Intended .
  • * 2005', Mori, on ''In Passing'' messageboard read at [ on 16 May 2006, ''Pffft'' - We both hated using that word [fiancĂ©, and were constantly trying to use alternatives such as "betrothed" and "' intended "

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (intend)
  • * 1917', Joseph Conrad, ''Victory'' read at on 14 May 2006 - His purpose was to discover how long these guests ' intended to stay.

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