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Enacted vs Arrested - What's the difference?

enacted | arrested |

As verbs the difference between enacted and arrested

is that enacted is (enact) while arrested is (arrest).

As an adjective arrested is

having been stopped or prevented from developing.

enacted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (enact)

    • enact

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (legal) to make (a bill) into law
  • to act the part of; to play
  • * Shakespeare
    • I did enact Julius Caesar.
  • to do; to effect
  • * Shakespeare
    • The king enacts more wonders than a man.

    Derived terms

    * enactability * enactable * enactably * enaction * enactor

    Related terms

    * act

    Noun

  • (obsolete) purpose; determination
    • (Webster 1913)

    arrested

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having been stopped or prevented from developing

    • Verb

    arrested
  • (arrest)

    • Anagrams

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