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Deserved vs Reserved - What's the difference?

deserved | reserved |

As verbs the difference between deserved and reserved

is that deserved is past tense of deserve while reserved is past tense of reserve.

As an adjective reserved is

slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

deserved

English

Verb

(head)
  • (deserve)

  • deserve

    English

    Verb

  • To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
  • :After playing so well, the team really deserved their win .
  • :After what he did, he deserved to go to prison .
  • :This argument deserves a closer examination.
  • *Bible, Job xi. 6
  • *:God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth .
  • *Thackeray
  • *:John Gay deserved to be a favourite.
  • (obsolete) To earn, win.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.vii:
  • *:That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue, / After long suit and weary seruicis, / Did aske me, how I could her loue deserue , / And how she might be sure, that I would neuer swerue.
  • (obsolete) To reward, to give in return for service.
  • *:
  • *:Gramercy saide the kynge / & I lyue sir Lambegus I shal deserue hit / And thenne sir Lambegus armed hym / and rode after as fast as he myghte
  • (obsolete) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
  • *Massinger
  • *:A man that hath / So well deserved me.
  • Synonyms

    * merit * See also

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

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    reserved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (reserve)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
  • He was a quiet, reserved person.
  • (not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
  • I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * reserved track

    See also

    * shy

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