Deprecated vs Depreciated - What's the difference?
deprecated | depreciated |
(deprecate)
Strongly disapproved of.
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Belittled; insulted
(computing) Obsolescent]]; said of a construct in a computing language considered old, and planned to be [[phase out, phased out, but still available for use.
* 2002 , Steven E. Callihan, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example
* 1999 . Raggett, Dave, et. al. HTML 4.01 Specification ,
(depreciate); reduced in value over time.
* 2006:' ''The World Factbook'' -- The currency ' depreciated sharply in 2001 and 2002, which contributed to a dramatic current account adjustment; in 2003 to 2005, Brazil ran record trade surpluses and recorded its first current account surpluses since 1992. [http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/br.html]
As verbs the difference between deprecated and depreciated
is that deprecated is past tense of deprecate while depreciated is past tense of depreciate; reduced in value over time.As an adjective deprecated
is strongly disapproved of.deprecated
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Just because an element or attribute is deprecated doesn't mean that it can't be used on a webpage.
Conformance: requirements and recommendations. W3C
- A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.
- Note that deprecated functions are not removed.