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Depleted vs Roadworn - What's the difference?

depleted | roadworn |

As adjectives the difference between depleted and roadworn

is that depleted is used up, expended; of which nothing is left while roadworn is worn out by long travel on roads, or (figurative) in a damaged or depleted state due to constant or prolonged usage or exertion.

As a verb depleted

is (deplete).

depleted

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.
    • The depleted aerosol can would spray no more since there was no propellant left.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (deplete)

    • roadworn

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Worn out by long travel on roads, or (figurative) in a damaged or depleted state due to constant or prolonged usage or exertion.
  • * 2001 , Mark Anthony, The Dark Remains , Bantam Spectra (2001), ISBN 0553579355, page 10:
    • Now that they were close, Lirith could see the vehicles were more than a little roadworn : wood cracked, gilt peeled, and dust flecked sun-faded paint.
  • * 2003 , James Francis Warren, Rickshaw Coolie: A People's History of Singapore, 1880-1940 , Singapore University Press (2003), ISBN 997169266X, page 275:
    • When he was just beyond the house Kwan Moh Kia dropped down between the shafts, on that March afternoon in 1906, when his aorta exploded like a roadworn tyre.
  • * 2011 , Elizabeth C. Bunce, Liar's Moon , Arthur A. Levine Books (2011), ISBN 9780545136082, page 192:
    • He looked roadworn and weary, but intact and as robust as I remembered him, considering his injury.

    See also

    * wayworn