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Edged vs Wedged - What's the difference?

edged | wedged |

As verbs the difference between edged and wedged

is that edged is past tense of to edge while wedged is past tense of wedge.

As an adjective edged

is referring to something that has a sharp planar surface.

edged

English

Verb

(head)
  • Past tense of to edge .
    • Already a mentally fragile boy, he now edged towards insanity.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • referring to something that has a sharp planar surface
    • The monks were forbidden to carry edged weapons such as swords and axes.

    wedged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wedge)
  • (Internet) In a web-server context, to be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help.

    • Usage notes

    * (Internet) This is different from having crashed, in that, if the system has crashed, it has become totally non-functioning and will not respond to any probes; it will seem to be offline, disconnected, or powered down. If a server is wedged, it will respond to minor probes or requests, but will not be able to completely service the request to completion.