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Established vs Designed - What's the difference?

established | designed |

As verbs the difference between established and designed

is that established is (establish) while designed is (design).

As adjectives the difference between established and designed

is that established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area while designed is created according to a design.

established

English

Verb

(head)
  • (establish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
    • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

    • Derived terms

    * established church * long-established

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)

    designed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (design)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • created according to a design

    • Derived terms

    * designedly