Deed vs Done - What's the difference?
deed | done |
An action or act; something that is done.
* Bible, Genesis xliv. 15
A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
* Spenser
* Dryden
Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
(legal) A legal contract showing bond.
(informal) To transfer real property by deed.
(of food) Ready, fully cooked.
In a state of having completed or finished an activity.
Being exhausted or fully spent.
Without hope or prospect of completion or success.
Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.
(African American Vernacular English, Southern American English, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect.
As verbs the difference between deed and done
is that deed is (informal) to transfer real property by deed while done is .As a noun deed
is an action or act; something that is done.deed
English
Noun
(en noun)- And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?
- knightly deeds
- whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn
- I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed .
- I inherited the deed to the house.
Synonyms
* (action) act, actionDerived terms
* indeedVerb
(en verb)- He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.
done
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- As soon as the potatoes are done we can sit down and eat.
- He pushed his empty plate away, sighed and pronounced "I am done ."
- They were done playing and were picking up the toys when he arrived.
- When the water is done we will only be able to go on for a few days.
- He is done , after three falls there is no chance he will be able to finish.
- I can't believe he just walked up and spoke to her like that, those kind of things just aren't done !
- What is the done thing these days? I can't keep up!
Derived terms
* be done for * be done with it * done deal * get done for * overdone * well doneVerb
(head)- I have ''done'' my work.
- I done did my best to raise y'all.
