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Displayed vs Revealed - What's the difference?

displayed | revealed |

As verbs the difference between displayed and revealed

is that displayed is past tense of display while revealed is past tense of reveal.

As adjectives the difference between displayed and revealed

is that displayed is spread out; unfurled while revealed is focused on the revelations of a god to humankind.

displayed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (display)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Spread out; unfurled.
  • * 1955 , William Golding, The Inheritors , Faber and Faber 2005, p. 11:
    • They threw him round the displayed roots of the beeches, leapt when a puddle of water lay across the trail.
  • Spread open to view; shown off.
  • (heraldry) With wings unfurled.
  • (typography) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.

    • revealed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Focused on the revelations of a god to humankind.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (reveal)