Supported vs Depended - What's the difference?
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As verbs the difference between supported and depended is that supported is ( support) while depended is ( depend). As an adjective supported is held in position, especially from below.
supported English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Held in position, especially from below.
Furnished with corroborating evidence.
Helped or aided.
Having supporters.
Antonyms
* unsupported
Verb
(head)
(support)
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depended English
Verb
(head)
(depend)
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depend English
Verb
( en verb)
To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
- The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.
* 1982 , Paul Fussell, My War :
- Besides, if you worked up to be a cadet officer, you got to wear a Sam Browne belt, from which depended a nifty saber.
To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
To rely on for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; — followed by on or upon, formerly by of.
(senseid)To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; — with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.
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