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Displayed vs Undisplayed - What's the difference?

displayed | undisplayed |

As adjectives the difference between displayed and undisplayed

is that displayed is spread out; unfurled while undisplayed is not displayed.

As a verb displayed

is (display).

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.

    • undisplayed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not displayed
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 19, author=Geraldine Fabrikant, title=The Good Stuff in the Back Room, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The Museum of Modern Art, for example, approves requests to view undisplayed work only from curators, scholars and auction house professionals, a policy common among museums. }}