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Drawed vs Drafted - What's the difference?

drawed | drafted |

As verbs the difference between drawed and drafted

is that drawed is (dialectal) (draw) while drafted is (draft).

As an adjective drafted is

(nautical) of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.

drawed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dialectal) (draw)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1839, author=Charles Dickens, title=Nicholas Nickleby, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He was the cruellest, wickedest, out-and-outerest old flint that ever drawed breath.' }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1882, author=Louisa M. Alcott, title=Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=I jest bounced intew the kitchen, chucked my hat intew one corner, my coat intew 'nother, kicked the cat, cussed the fire, drawed up a chair, and set scaoulin' like sixty, bein' tew mad fer talkin'. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1915, author=Zane Grey, title=The Lone Star Ranger, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He was watchin' of you close, he said, an' just couldn't follow your hand when you drawed . }}

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    drafted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (draft)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (nautical) of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.
    • A johnboat is a shallow drafted boat favored by fishermen.
  • (US) conscripted