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Edit vs Edited - What's the difference?

edit | edited |

As verbs the difference between edit and edited

is that edit is to change a text, or a document while edited is past tense of edit.

As a noun edit

is a change to the text of a document.

As an adjective edited is

having been altered from the original version: being something that someone has edited.

edit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A change to the text of a document.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To change a text, or a document.
    • I want to edit this sentence.
    Wikipedia is an interactive encyclopedia which allows anybody to edit and improve articles.
  • To be the editor of a publication.
    • He edits the Bee.

    Related terms

    * editable * edition * editor * editorial

    Synonyms

    * retouch, fix up, alter

    Anagrams

    * diet * tide * tied ----

    edited

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having been altered from the original version: being something that someone has edited

    • Antonyms

    * unedited

    Verb

    (head)
  • (edit)
    • A user edited this page

    Anagrams

    * *