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Detects vs Detected - What's the difference?

detects | detected |

As verbs the difference between detects and detected

is that detects is third-person singular of detect while detected is past tense of detect.

As an adjective detected is

referring to something that has been noticed.

detects

English

Verb

(head)
  • (detect)

    • detect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing

    • Derived terms

    * detection * detective * detector

    See also

    * discover * find * stumble upon

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Detected.
    • (Fabyan)

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    detected

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Referring to something that has been noticed.
    • The detected submarine was tracked by sonar, it was easy once they knew where to look.

    Antonyms

    * undetected * non-detected

    Verb

    (head)
  • (detect)
    • We detected the submarine long before it observed us.